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» THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1929 e 4 larger and larger industrial units, We have the practically self-con- tained trade unit of the United States in the one continent; we have 'in Europe the undeniable tendency to c 'agreement which, if fol- econ lowed to its logical conclusion, must | ves It in - On the Lacrosse Field HAMPIONSHIP Honors! The goal of every athletic C organization! Hard to win and harder still to retain. Yet these honors last year rested fairly and squarely on the shoulders of the General Motors Lacrosse team of Oshawa. And again, this year, the General Motors repre« sentatives will be out there on the green, showing their | speed and their skill in the oldest of all Canada's national . games, Lacrosse! Speed, action, skill and courage personified! The clash of the personal encounter, the speed of the swift- running player, the flash of the ball as it goes from stick to stick, and finally, with a hard, well-timed shot, finds its way into the net. The fans of Oshawa like their lacrosse and their lacrosse team. They are proud of the boys who wear the colors of the General Motors team, and because they are proud of them, and want to see them retain the championships won last season, there is going to be a grand rally of sportsmen behind the Oshawa Lacrosse representatives in the realm of lacrosse. THE BRITISH EMPIRE'S FUTURE A ' - - . TE = The outs fact in world poli- | secing things in theig true py des today St Bolton Epics ¢ shove the gl of lind s becoming aware of self. | than great 'British The pioneer stage of growth, expan- | statesman and industrialist, Lord gion, of the spade-work of early| Melchett (Sir Alfred Mond). In two settlement, is being succeeded by the | recent speeches strikingly de- of consolidation. The Empire | fined what our a e as citizens of which was built in haphazard out- | the greatest: community history has fine and almost without definite in-| ever known, to be. continent of cheap and abundant tent, is ware of its own] "It is clear as crys he ays, | labo $ and rise of the United Econ- mic States of Europe, Both these s will aim 'at free trade within their own boundaries, strongly pro- tected by 'tariff ramparts from out- side competition. His N To be taken into account also is the rapid industrial development of Asia and the possibility of new trade forces and factors evolving from that ofr gs AWATE ", ' fi ur, . ! "Bri- | "t esi A 4 and potentialities. In" Bri Spal unless a sticceed od 2 arly Future of the Empire : into an. economic whole, we shall see | What, asks Lord Melchett, is the a tendency to economic divergencies | face of these huge economic entities, which may in time undermine the | iS the position and the future of Bri- bonds which hold together our great | tain and the British® Empire? In Empire. Sentiment and goodwill may | the first place Britain and her states- not indefinitely keep together far dis- | men have got to rid themselves of tant developing communities unless | their obsessions with European poli- there is added to them an economic | tics. Their great and primary task is ole of some kind." the organization and consolidation of A Long-Sighted View their own vast heritage. If that de- To anyone capable of taking 'the mands the grasping of 8 new idea A v y or the upsetting of © ones, 3 long: far-sighted view, both historic- | sooner they realize it the better. "England is not part of Europe. tain ii throughout all the great communities enrolled in the British Commonwealth of Nations this pro- cess of self-realization is daily gath- ering momentum, . From that realization must evolve, and indeéd even now is evolving, a new era of organization of planned effort, of predetermined aim to build ngly after those who biulded better than they knew. Ties of race snd sentiment are strong it is truej was amply proved in the Great but to them must be added ties TE Te rst of sionen from $3.00. exquisitely sngraved 1 trade and commerce. #0 visualize the organization, economic bonds of Visualizing the Empire The great thing is to understand, mpire as a whole, No one has a: greater capacity for ally backwards and J oPhesicais for- ward, it is obvious day is adjusting itself into a few hu economic units, This is the parallel on the international scale to what is happening to industry on the na- tional scale, namely the growth of at the world to- | M The Store of Better Values Dress Up For The Holiday In Some Of Our Fancy Footwear For The Ladies We are showing some mice Mo. dels in Patent leather with cu~ ban or high heels with fancy buckles. 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Example of Canada He cites the example of Canada and the great need there is to keep the population of that mighty Do- minion preponderatingly British, "I have recently returned from Canada, he says, "and the one thing that con- cerned me in the enormously pros. perous development of that great country was that there is already a growing alien population--Poles, Finns, Italians and people from other countries--who have got the strong sentimental bond of those who have emigrated from Britain. There can be nothing more important at the present time than to hend 'our cner- ies towards getting more Britons into that country." Deplores Narrow View This is merely one of the problems in the way of a fully organized Em- pire. A problem of wider applica- tion is that of apathy and lack of im- agination, In Britain and in other parts of the Empire people are only too prone to take the narrow local view; they suffer from the short- sightedness of immediate self-inter- est. They magnify their own sec- tional problems and interests and forget that they are citizens of a commonwealth which comprises a quarter of the habitable surface of the globe. In this Britain is as guil- ty as any other part oi the Empire. "Why," Lord Melchett asks Bri- tain, "should we not for instance con- sider the wheat fields of Canada as part of our own wheatlands, It is merely a question of want of imag- ination. It is merely because people think too parochially and not suf- ficiently Imperially, ~ After all the sea today is not the dividing line. The sea today is the cheapest means of transport in the world." * Great Trading Unit Given a proper organization of its interior riches and resources the Em- ire will form a greater trading and industrial unit than anything that exists in the world today or has ever existed before. Those resources are too obvious to need the demonstra- tion of figures angd statistics. 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Ltd. | "40 Years Dep en dable S ervice" poles; all climes, all conditions, all races, creeds and a great share of the natural abundance of the earth come within its orbit, Our pioneer- ing forefathers gave us these; it is for us to organize their legacy with a courage equal to that which went to its building. roblem of Organization This is how Lord Melchett would tackle the problem of organization :-- "I believe myself that a conference of big business men in Britain and in. the Dominions could work out a scheme of inter-Imperial trade, pay- ing due regard to the aspirations of the Dominions to develop their own industries, but at the same time en- abling us all to do a great deal more business than we have ever done be- fore, "If we only had the courage to put a tariff ring fence round the Empire there is not a single Free Trader who could oppose such a great ex- tension of the free interchange of goods as that would ultimately pro- mote." This is not a new idea but the al- tered circumstaces of a post-war world have given it a totally new im- portance and urgency. Moreover, it comes from a man who possesses the power of seeing and explaining things in their right perspective, That he should take the long statesmanlike view is perhaps due to his enormous interests and responsibilities, not only national and Imperial, but world-wide. Lord Melchett's call for a confer- ence of Empire, business men found an immediate response from Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister of Aus- tralia who said he was entirely in ac- cord with the idea as the best ap- proach to a solution of our common economic problems. World's Economic Leader Properly organized the Empire will be easily the world's greatest econ. omic group. Nor is she behind in brains, vigour, push and technical ability to develop her resources. She has, moreover, an undisputed repu- tation for justice, sporting spirit and administrative ability. What she has lacked so far is a body of men to sit down and work out a scheme for organizing all these territories, all these forces and all these resources on constructive lines. The task of organization, of consoli- dation, is no less difficult, no less es- sential than was the pioneering task that laid the foundations. The task grows easier every day because new, swifter and more ef- fective methods of transport and com- munication are tending to eliminate the obstacles of space and distance. The importance of the motor car, the aeroplane and the wireless, tele- graph and telephone to the British Empire can scarcely be assessed. We have hardly begun to realize a thousandth part of their possibilities and uses. They are like new nerves, veins and arteries connecting up the body of the Empire. Much to Offer Britain has much to offer the other dominions--all her centuries of com- mercial experience, her financial tra- ditions, her manufacturing knowledge, skill and methods, and above all her scientific and technical ability, which is second to none in the world. She has everything, in fact, which a wise old mother country can offer, includ- ing even capital, because in spite of a general falling off in Britain's in- vestments abroad, the percentage in- vested in Empire countries has actu- ally increased. x The other dominions are able to offer Britain immense natural re- sources of raw materials, almost un- limited supplies of foodstuffs and farm products, and also the vigour, enterprise, hopeful outlook and spirit of optimism and endeavour which young organisms naturally possess, Basis of Exchange Here then we have a basis of the exchange of mutual benefits on which can be built the greatest economic unit the world has yet seen. Are we to organize for that purpose, or are we through apathy to allow the sep- arate dominions to drift into other economic unions which appear to of- fer them greater immediate benefits? To this vital question Lord Mel- chett provides no uncertain answer: "There never was in the history of the world an economic complex so large in area, so great in population, so furnished with natural resources of all kinds, endowed with all cli- mates, with such a future for devel- opment and expansion and with such potentialities for future generations to enjoy. If they are allowed to proceed separately, individually, I have no doubt divergencies will grad- vally appear, If linked together in one economic whole they would form a most powerful unit, the most po- tent instrument for good that the civilized world has ever seen, lorious Dream "The idea of a British Empire with no kind of hampering barriers be- tween its members, with a trade se- cured against the rest of the world and with rationalised industries may seem a fantastic dream and in its entirety may never completely come about. You cannot deny these great countries the desire and wish to de- velop themselves industrially as well as agriculturally, but I do believe that it is not beyond the bounds of hu . man endeavour to arrive at arrange- ments between us in which all the resources of the Empire will be used for the best advantage of all, and when arrangements could be made to encourage the production of commo- dities of the most suitable character by which the increases and develop- ments of old and new industries could be co-ordinated. "lI wish many of the resources which are lacking development to-day owing to want of finance and want of population could be sided and as- sisted by the mother country, 'The magnitude and complexities of the problem should not prevent us from going ahead. I have found much more sympathy, understanding as I do the leading men of the dominions, than you would anticipate, Greater Union "I think there is 'a greater fecling of union between us than there ev- er was, The echoes of the Great War have not yet entirely died out. There are still many millions who remember the great united effort, the great un- ited sacrifice, the great united vic- tory the British Empire achieved. The echoes, however, are becoming dim- mer; time will blunt the memories of our great joint enterprise, We have already wanted too long; we should not wait any longer, A great conference should be called at the earliest opportunity, Leading men in industry, agriculture and economic life of these countries should inves- tigate and probe this matter to the bottom, If the will is there, as I believe it is, the solution should be found. "Let us prosecute unceasingly and unselfishly with no feeling for our- selves, but with an earnest wish and an ardent hope that the great heri- tage which has been handed down to us and for which so many now lie én the fields of Flanders, the rocks of Gallipoli and the burning sands of Mesopotamia, may be handed safely down to their children and their chil- dren's children, Let us hope too, that the British Empire, the greatest in- strument of peace the world has ev- er known, shall continue to grow in strength not only for the benefit of its own inhabitants but for the benc- fit of the whole human race." NEWSPAPER EN FROM CANADA VISIT EUROPE Large Party Leaving June 6th For Two Months' Visit to Old Lands Newspaper editors from all over Canada will leave Montreal early next month for a two months® visit to England and the continent when they return the visit paid to Cana- dian newspapers two years ago by the Newspaper Society of Great Britain, will be entertained royal- ly wherever they go. Full plans for the visit, which is being or- ganized, were announced to tne meeting of the Canadian Daily ~~ Givers of grace and selection of jew oy by choosi from our attractive eryand COMMUNITY PLATE. For weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, gradua- tion, bridge prizes ... here you will quality moderately priced. Our COMMUNITY PLATE silver services in ex- quisite designs are faultless in craftsmanship --a gift every woman cherishes. Five patterns to choose from . . . and of course our guarantee back of any gift you may select. d superb tl For Quality Gifts at not-too-great prices gif may combine the practical with Bassett's On Oshawa's Main Corner Newspapers' Association recently held in Toronto. Amongst the high spots of the visit, which, although entirely un- official will be of great benefit to the prospects of increased immigra- tion are a dinner to be tendered jointly by the Newspaper Society of Great Britain and the Empire Press Union in Canada, a gala per- formance at the State Opera House in Vienna, and a Garden Party ut which the President of Czecho-Slo- vakia will be the host. Much Entertainment There is to be much private en- tertainment with Buch hosts as Lord and Lady Astor, Lord Beaverbrook, Major John J. As- tor of The London Times, Col. Grant Morden, Sir Richard Win- frey, who was one of the leaders of the British party which spent some vonths in Canada in 1927, and who will receive the Canadian editors at his estate in Peterborough. In London the party will be entertajn- ed by the Canadian High Commis- sioner and in Paris by the Cana- dian Legation as well as by prom- inent Statesmen and publishers and the governments in every country visited. Wide Representation Canadian newspaperdom from coast to coast will be represented in the party. Representatives from the Montreal Gazette, St. John Tel- egraph-Journal, Quebec Chronicle- Telegraph, Calgary Albertan, Brantford Expositor, Kitchener Record, Owen Sound Sun-Times, Kingston Whig-Standard, Toronto Globe, Toronto Star, Toronto Tele- gram, Niagara Falls Review, The Oshawa Daily Times and many oth ers being included in the party. 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