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Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES carrier, 10c a week. By mail in Canada Deliversd by 8 I ey Tate), Ie (outside Oshawa carvier year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone HT ialaide 0167. H. Di Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8. Powers and Steas, lnc, New York and Chicago. . A A] TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929 THE MOTOR LEAGUE CAMPAIGN a -- The campaign which is being conducted by the Oshawa Motor Club this week, with a view to estab lishing a high membership record, was given a splen- did impetus yesterday by the address of W. G. Robert- son, secrétary-treasurer of the club, at the Rotary luncheon. Mr. Robertson not only showed why mem- bership in such an organization was worth while, but gave a clear insight into the many ways in which it was working for the benefit of 'all motorists, and of others who use the highways as well, One of the strong points in favor of the Motor League activities is the stress which is laid on care ful driving and safety. printiples. Sueh principles, enunciated by an organisation of motorists, should carry much weight with all car drivers, und the League, in making safety one of the. planks in the forefront of its program, is worthy of support. 1ts work, too, in securing legislation for the benefit of the travelling public, in sponsoring the building of better roads, and in the framing of highway trafic taws, is of the utmost importance. The motorists of Ontario contribute a huge sun to the provincial trea. sury each year in license fees and gasoline taxes-- to say nothing of fines. It is only right, therefore, that their recommendations ad to how this money ohall be expended should carry some weight. And the only way in which these recommendations can be put forward with any weight is by an united or- ganization of motorists, such as the Ontario Motor League. The Oshawa Motor Club, affliated with this League, should have one hundred per cent of support from the motorists of this city. It would be almost ais gracetul were a city known all over the Dominion as the Motor City should fail in a campaigm to pro- mote a large and agrésdive motor club, The club can be of immende value to all motorists, not oaly by its special sérvices whith are freely given, but by the cumulative influence of the tens of thousands of motorists who are joining its ranks in every part of the province. The membership campaign is on this week, and should bé accorded the maximum rer sponse from the car owners of the city. oN AN UNJUST TAX For yeah the people of Ontario have been protest. dug against the collection of a municipal income tax. There is justification for this protest, for it seems grodily unfair to abk a taxpayer to pay a dominion income thx on his earnings, and then to Pay another income tax to the municipality on the same income. It looks Jike An attempt to squeeze an orange that is already dry. Ontario, however, is not alone in nding this tax unpopular. In the province of Saskatchewan, it has Also: aroused the ire of those who have to pay it, for the Saskatoon Star-Photnix, in a scathing edi- torial, concludes with the following scathing com- ent: -- 'This scandalous and ridiculous tax should be abolished by an amendment of the City Act. So 108g as it is authorized by that statute it will be collected somehow, because mo city will neglect ; a RE aquawking bird In & legal it unjust way. Pending the removal of the tax entirely, 'who are unlucky en to have to it in the full know- Gi -- jon of it is in effect legal. robbery." The Saskatoon editor must be one of those who are hit hard by the double income tax imposition, and yet he only expresses what thousands of the peo- ple of Ontario are thinking. Perhaps city councils are not to be blamed for collecting this tax, since it provides them with much needed revenue that would 'be hard to replace, yet there are two or thrée muni- cipalities in Ontario which are so strongly opposed to it that they are risking legal action by refusing to do so. This obviously gives them an advantage over cities which comply with the statutes and collect the tax, but their lead might well be followed by other muni- cipalities, not as defiance of the law, but as a ges ture which might persuade the provincial govern: ment to amend the assessment act, which makes the 'collection of municipal income tax mandatory fer all municipalities in the province. THE BRITISH ELECTION On Thursday of this week, the British electors go | 10 the polls, and today it is just as hard as it was three months ago to predict with any degree of cer tainty what the result is going to'be. There are so © many factors entering into the situation that almost ' anything might happen. : Before the campaign started in earnest, there were ' strong indications that the Conservatives would lose . "heavily, and that the ono great question was whether ' {hesé losses would be sufficient to put the government _ling in deep wate: tee impression. The Conservative campaign has not aroused the popular imagination. The slogan of "safety first" has little of an emotional appeal, and even ip Great Britain an emotional appeal carries "every bit as much weight in an election as an appeal to reason. i On the other hand, the Labor party has been travel: largely due to the very inde pendence of its candidates. They have revealed that they are mot at all united on important points of policy, and that while Ramsey MacDonald might say one thing, Philip Snowden, J. R. Clynes, J. H. Thomas or Arthu: Hendorton might say something entirely different. Yet Labor will make substantial gains, be cause the Labor party has become the party of the masses, and the votes of the masses carry tremendous power. ! The uncertain factor in the contest is the Liberal strength. In the last parliament, the Liberals num- bered only a handful, but in this campaign, with over five hundred candidates in the field, with an aggres- sive legder, and a policy which lends itself to ad- mirable catching of votes, they may surprise even themselves. © Lloyd George, as Ramsay MacDonald aptly stated, is the greatest political showman in Britain, and on the success of his candidates will hinge the composition of the next government. Thursday will tell the story. The one thing which gives cause for real satisfaction is the assurance that whichever party is in power, Britain will continue her level course, will march forward as she has al- ways done, for no political party in power, whatever its doctrines or policies, will dare to do anything to imperil the prosperity or the progress of the country. THE VETERANS' VIEWPOINT ON WAR War veterans of Great Britain were recently asked, by means of a questionnaire, to express their opin- fons on the prevention of war, and as to whether they would again be willing to enter on active mili- tary service. This was a fair question to put to the ex-service men. Above all others, they know what war means. They have seen it and suffered in all its misery and horrors, and have good reason to be convinced that war is not all that it was supposed to be in the age of medieval romance. The response was interesting. Practically all of the thousands of replies received were bitterly op- posed to anything and everything connected with war. Most of the veterans said that the only con- dition on which they would again volunteer for ser- vice would be in the event of an invasion of Great Britain, and they expressed themselves as favoring the reduction of armaments to a minimum at once. Modern warfare, it is apparent, does not inculcate in the minds of those who take part in it any de 'sire to have any more. It is too terrible a thing to be repeated, This is why there is a strong apd growing sentiment for permanent peace. The vetér- ans themselves are the first to demand that there shall be no more wars, and they make their demands because of bitter experience. When they feel as they do on the subject, that should be excellent leader- ship for others who have responsibilities in connec. tion with thé making of war and peace. OPPOSING CADET TRAINING The Ontario Labor Educational Association, meet. ing at St. Thomas a few days ago, passed a resolu- tion strongly opposing cadet training in the schools on the ground that it inculcated a military spirit in the youthful minds of Ontario. This stems to be a sort of stock resolution with cértain types of labor organizations, and it is prob- ably passed without a gréat deal of understanding of the vajye of cadet training. The idea that it is mili taristic in its aim is probably due to the- fact that it is organized under the auspices of the department of national defence, but this aspect of the training given thé boys is only one of its minor features. It for no dther reason than for the physical bene- fits it bestows on those who are taking part in fit, cadet training is worth while. And when one adds the training in discipline of body and mind, in self control, and in team work, its value js greatly in- ténaified. The idea that wars might be fostered because of the cadet system creating a warlike spirit in youth. ful minds is ridiculous, and misses the point that it is rarely the soldier who is responsible for war, but rathér the politicians and diplomats who issue the orders to the soldiers. Canada's young men have benefited greatly because of the training given them as school cadets, and it would be folly to abandon it, with all its advantages, simply. because a handful of people who have not taken the trouble to understand the system are op- posed to it. Abb. EDITORIAL NOTES The British Communist candidate who is at pre- sent in jail in India will at least have a good alibi if he is not elected. It is hardly likely that the increase of one cent a gallon in the price of gasoline will help to lighten the traffic on the Ontario highways. The vote in Ulster shows that the people of Nor- thern Ireland are just as determined as ever to re- main within the Imperial parliament. The Chief Coroner in Toronto is trying to make the morgue look more attractive. But that is hardly likely to make it any more popular. "Shoes can give a girl a great deal of trouble," says a women's paper. But nothing like the trouble they give poor father in paying for them. "Safety First" may be an appropriate slogan for motorists, but it seems to have been an unhappy choice for an election slogan for the British Conser- vatives. A Swedish doctor says he can provide anyone with "a permanent blush. Apparently he does not know that blushing is too old-fashioned te be popular now- adays. Apartment house owners in an Italian city are offering a bonus for every child born in their houses. In this country, children are a barrier to tenancy fu an apartment hovse. The latest move of the Russian Soviet is to confis- cate the residences of home-owners who have an in- come of over $1,600 a year. No wonder Communism 0 BAD . " 4 'Other Editors' ~~ Comments I'S WORST MOMENT (Woodstock Sentinel-Review) Lindbergh and Napoleon and St. George and these birds are all right, but our own idea of a hero is the church usher who produces a smile after parading down the aisle to show people a seat and then turns around to find they have quietly dropped into a rear pew. OTHER EDITORS' COMMENTS -R CANADA'S LAWS (Vancouver Sun) This country has enough laws for 2 hundred million people, and every legislative session in its ten capitals brings a fresh grist, much of it useless, some of it unenforce- able and a considerable part ef it ultra vires. Moses ruled the tribes of Israel with ten laws, But he enforced them. This country, with ten thousand laws or more must follow the same principle. A GROWING GRAIN PORT (Calgary Herald) The steady extension of the cul- tivated area in Alberta is an assur- ance of Vancouver's continued growth as a grain port. 'The snip- ment of grain from this province to the head of the lakes is a thing of the past. The opening up of tne famous Peace River country will contribute to the volume of western grain shipments, and the increasing demand in the Orient for Canadian wheat is another important factor in stimulating the trend of wheat westward to the sea, WHY WORRY? (Sault Ste. Marie Star) The paper mill at Espanola is running full time. The Bruce Mines quarry has re- opened under good management. The Soo paper mill will spend $1,000,000 in improvements, The steel plant has announced it will spent $2,600,000 this year in extensions. The power company will build a substation at' the Soo at a cost of $125,000. Its expenditure this year will probably run up towards a mil- lon dollars. The wage bill of the steel plant this ear is likely to run up to $5, 000,000, or about a million dollars mdré than last year. The biggest general building pro- gram the Soo has had for years is under way. Bits of Verse BUILDING A BRIDGE An old man tramping a lone high- WAY, When the weather was cold and the sky was grey Came to a chasm with its dark waters below And banks are covered with the récent snow But the wayfarer crossed in the twilight dim The sullen stream had no feurs for him And he turned when safe on the other side And build a dridge to span the tide Old man: said a fellow pilgrim near You are wasting your strength by building here Your. journey will end with ending ay You never again will pass this way You have crossed the chasm deep and wide Why build you eventide? The old man paused in his work and said "Yes, Yes, The days are few for this old grey head But along this road there'll follow some day A youth whose feet must pass this way This chasm which has been us nought to me A pitfall to that fair haired boy may be He he must cross in the twilight m Good Friend, I am building the bridge for him." --With the compliments of John Duxbury, kindly handed to The Times by D, C. Haverson. - Bits of Humor - | EFFEMINATE "Well, Joan, you now Haye a baby brother!" "Qh, Dr. Scott, I'm so glad! Daddy was getting kind of girlish with just mother and me about." HARDENED VICTIM Attorney (to woman witness after cross-cxamination)--I hope 1 haven't troubled you with-all these questions. Witness--Not at all; I have a small boy of six at home.~Le Moustique (Paris). THE DIFFICULTY An artist saw an old" countryman who he thought would make a good model. So he sent his mai to bring in the man to paint him. The old fellow hesitated. "Will he pay me well?" "Oh, yes; he'll probably give you a pound," ' ; Still the old' man hesitated. He took off his shabby hat and scratch- ed his head in perplexity. "It's an easy way to earn a pound," the maid prompted. "ON, I know that," came the reply. "I was only wondering how I'd get the paint off afterwards." the bridge at THE GREAT TEACHER--And seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, aad taught them.--Matthew 5:1, 'PRAYER--"Lord, in Thy life the law appears, Drawn out in liv- | i «THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929 OR EY : And 'the "The British Labour Party General Election 4 Article No. 8° CAN LABOUR AND DEFENSE RT. HON. STEPHEN WALSH, MP. . (Copyright--By Arrangement with Anglo-American ' " Newspaper Service) When the British citizen stops to think, as he sometimes does, of the nation of which he forms a part and the means necessary for its defence, that he may pursue his daily avoca- tion in security, his thoughts almost immediately revert to the three fight- ing services, he Navy, Army, and Air Force. But the Imperial character of our Siligations today compels recog- nition .of the fact that in any con- sideration of the defence of the realm and of those far-flung depen- dencies and areas for which we have responsibility, many other Depart- ments of the State besides the fight- ing services are involved. The For- cign Office, India Office, Board of Trade, Dominions and Colonial Office are important, indeed vital, factors in the problem. These preliminary proceed upon the assumption that it is thé duty of a nation to provide adequately for its defence, They are not based upon the idea that there is a probability or even a possibility of carly war. But Kellogg Pacts and the League of Nations notwithstand- ing, there is still a general fecling that the nations are in spirit far re- moved from the sublime ideal of the prophet "when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." The fact is that.the international sense which found expression in the Cov- enant of the League of Nations is slow to develop. National Obligations Included - inthose obligations and responsibilities to which we are as a nation invoilably committed is the security of the Colonies, Dependen- cies, and Protectorites overseas. This burden has been considerably lightened since the attainment of Dominion status within the Empire by Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Irish Free State, the self- government thus secured carrying with it the corresponding respon- sibility of self-defence. It is not very long in the life of the nation since British statesmen declaimed against "Those wretched Colonies which hang like a millstone round our necks" and though there is probably not a trace of such a senti- ment femaining, the burden remains appretiable enough. For, exclusive of India, we have by treaty and by | mandate, by lease and by concession and the various processes known to observations' diplomacy, undertaken responsibility for the security and oo overn- ment of no less than 60 millions of people, occupying 3% millions of squarc miles, and comprising, with India, more than a quarter of the entire' human race. far-flung and widely scattered areas established in every continent, sep- arated in every case by thousands of miles from the Central Government, all the - commodities necessary to mankind and most of the luxuries are found and produced in increas- ing abundance. The safety of those engaged in these world-wide activi- ties and the security of the routes over which their products pass are at once seen to be factors of sup- reme importance in any considera- tion of the problem of Imperial De- fence. y A New Basis But the problem of National De- fence rests on an entirely different basis from that existing before the war. For hundreds of years the Bri- ton comforted himself with the fact that this was a "bright little, tight little island," a "Fortress built by na- ture for herself," and that in maintain- ing a fleet which he always deemed to be invincible, he was practically immune from the possibility of in- vasion. True, there had been occa- sions when his equanimity was dis- turbed, notably when De Ruyter and De Witt swept the Thames and the Medway in 1667, and when at a later date "Napoleon's banners at Boul- ogne armed in the island every free- man," Trafalgar, however, reassured him, and the cementing of an En- tente Cordiale with his ancient ad- versary made him more confident than ever before. But the advent of the air machine, together with the potency of the submarine, has chang- ed all that. The advantages of the island honfe wherein he dwelt in fancied security have completely vanished. Those hitherto formidable barriers against invasion, the Eng- lish Channel and the North Sea, have been reduced to impotence, and no longer possess serious defensive value. National boundaries have no existence in the military sense. "Our island" translated into military fact is a mere geographical expression, The strategy, therefore, of the future will be of three dimensions. The establishment of the Air Minis- "Continued on Page 5) Within these | 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 By James W. Barton, M.D. FOODS PREVENT DECAY YOUNGSTER'S TEETH TI often wonder if as parents we give enough attention to what our youngsters cat. i They seem healthy enough, get outdoors to play, and certainly eat enough food, and yet there seems to be an early decay of the teeth, | In former days it was taken for granted that the teeth in some fami- lies decayed early anyway and there was nothing really that could be done about it. 1 But now our physicians not only tell us that the food eaten affects the teeth but they are able to prove it. . Drs. M. Mellanby and C, L. Patti- son took a group of twenty-one chil- dren whose average age was about 5% years, and by adding vitamin D to their diet checked the beginning of decay at new points. Simply adding cod liver oil to the food intake gave these results. Milk and egg yolk are also rich in vitamin D. Now what foods cause early dental decay? Diets that have too much sugar, white bread, potatoes, and other starchy foods. Dr. Harvey J. Burkhart, Director of the Rochester Dental Dispensary, recommends the use of uncooked green vegetables and fresh fruits in addition to the milk, eggs, and cod liver oil, mentioned above. Another point overlooked by par- ents is that children need meat. While it is perhaps true that many of our office workers or others en- gaged in light employment eat too much meat, nevertheless a youngster needs meat to help build his growing tissues, and lean beef, lamb, chicken or fish should be eaten by the young- ster every day. Eggs of course can take the place of meat to a large extent. go The thought is to get some vitamin D. into the youngster every day if he is going to grow real healthy. teeth that can ward off decay. Eating the right food is the only way to do this. If the youngster rebels at vege- tables and fruit and wants to éat starchy foods and candy, see that he gets a desert spoonful of cod liver oil at least once a day. Good chewing candy or taffy-is not so bad, as this makes him use his teeth, and the more use they get to chew, the better for' teeth and gums, IRANKTOWNWATER DIES OF TYPHOID Suits Brought Against Muni- cipality Amount To Nearly $100,000 Windsor, Ont.,, May 28, -- 'fwo weeks after Mrs, William R. Campbell of Kingsville drank wat- er from the town waterworks: she died of typhoid fever, her husband testified yesterday before Justice W. E. Raney at the non-jury sit- ting of the Supreme Court at Sand- wich. . Campbell seeks $30.000 from the municipality. Six other actions of a like nature are on the: docket for the session. represemt- ing claims to nearly $100,000. The suits have been brought against the municipality of Kings. ville and the Public Utilities Com~ mission of the Community. These actions have been hanging fire ror two years. CANADIAN MEN BETTER DRESSED Montreal, Que., May 28.--Cana~ dian men are better dressers than Old Countrymen, Fred Brown. di- rector of a large British tailoring firm, stated after landing from the Duchess of York. Mr. Brown said he often takes back Canadian styles to brighten up the. British market. "The drabness of ordin- ary male attire is relleved," he said, "by the freedom Canadian men allowed themselves In the matter of design and fabric." LL honor to Canada's real cap e men and women with savi accounts. They rank among est of our country. The money they deposit in savings ont Bi oi hy wark of against the of the future. More than that--it is essential wor: "BA capital --- the vital factor in the development of our natural resources. sa are usefully employed for the general good rly N Save for e will of the happiness and inde ! Save for Canadal, gladly welcome your and will offer you every encouragement and assistance. The Bank for Savings (KT RO HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO Oshawa Branch--F. S. POTTER, Manager Pp