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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1929 | Oh Oshawa Baily Times . Succeeding : + THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER Chas, M, Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, retary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana : diau Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and Audit Buresu of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15¢ a week. By mail in Canads (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 » year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE Adelaide 0107, H. D, Tresidder, REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1929 LEADERSHIP WORTH FOLLOWING The Oshawa Chamber of Commerce is a body which is truly representative of the city, for its mem- bership might well be looked upon as a cross-section of the community which is Oshawa: "Its board of directors, chosen from that membership, represents, to a large extent, the city's leading citizens in prac- tically all walks of life, men of business, men in the professions, who are sufficiently successful in their own particular callings that they have been selected to give leadership to the Chamber of Commerce, The advice and recommendation of a body of men of that calibre are worth heeding. The mass of rate- payers of the city might well accept their judgment on any matter as being well-considered, and worth following, Therefore it is of vital importance that cognizance should be taken of the attitude of this board of directors regarding the bylaws on which the ratepayers of Oshawa arc to vote on June 15. The industrial area bylaw is, perhaps, most vital to the Chamber of Commerce, because, to some ex- tent, this bylaw is the outcome of Chamber of Com- meree activity. In a resolution passed by the board of directors of the Chamber on Friday, the following clause, referring to the industrial area, is found = "Therefore be it resolved that the directors of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce recommend the said bylaw to the ratepayers of Oshawa, and express the opinion that the passing of the said bylaw is most advisable to secure the industrial development of the city." The same type of resolution was passed with re- ference to the other bylaws, of which there are, in all, three, The first provides for the purchase of the electric and gas distribution systems, the second authorizes the purchase of wholesale power from the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, and the third the election of a commission of five, in- cluding the mayor, to control and manage all local public utilities. And the verdict of the Chamber of Commerce di- rectors on these bylaws is as follows :-- "Be it resolved that after thorough considera- tion the directors of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce favor the passing of the above-men- tioned bylaws, believing them to be advisable and in the best interests of Oshawa." One of the chief functions of the Chamber of Com- merce is to give leadership to the community in mat- ters of importance. In this instance, that' function is being fulfilled, and the leadership, as exemplified in the above resolution, is worth following, These men. are convinced that all the bylaws should be passed, and every ratepayer should vote favorably on them, so as to make sure that they will carry by sufficiently large majorities as to be thoroughly con- vincing. PUBLICITY PAYS In no less a place than the Canadian House of Commons a tribute has been paid to the value of ad- vertising, The speaker who testified to the useful ness of publicity was the Hon, James Malcolm, min- ister of trade and commerce, whose duty it is to en deavor to open up new and greater markets for Cana- dian products, During the last year, the minister has been spend- ing a good deal of money in advertising, not alone in this. country, but largely in Great Britain and in other countries where Canadian goods might be sold. This expenditure brought such excellent results that he is going to spend even more money on adver tising in the coming year, and the appropriation for this purpose is being increased by $425,000. Now, a vote of that amount would, under ordinary circumstances, meet with a volley of criticism and condemnation from the opposition. Yet its recep- tion was entirely different, The opposition members, too, realized that money spent in advertising was money well spent, and thus the vote received a very sympathetic reception, Scarcely a day passes without an .incident of 'this kind, paying a tribute to the value of well directed advertising, being noted. Men in all walks of life, in every department of business, are finding that it pays, and pays so well that ever-increasing amdunts are set aside for it, And this would hardly be done so universally as it is unless it proved to be a good and profitable investment, HONORING THE PIONEER FLIERS Sir Charles Wakefield, who has done great things for the g t and ad t of aviation, is striking & popular note in his proposal to erect memorials to the first aviators to make a successiul flight across the Atlantic, Sir John Alcock and Sir 'Arthur Whitten Brown, Their flight from west to east was made on June 14 and 15, 1919, almost nine years before the flight which made Lindbergh a world figure. There is so great a tendency to forget the feat of Alcock and Brown that it is fitting that they should be memorialized in some way. Had they been Ameri- cans, the world would never have been allowed to forget that they led the way in trans-Atlantic avia- tion, But they were Britishers, and the British way is to do things for the love of doing them, and to say very little about them afterwards, That is why there are many people, not only in the United States, but in Canada as well, who still think Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic, The memorials which Sir Charles Wakefield is to erect, it can be taken for granted, will be worthy of those whom they honor. Onc willbe erected at St. John's, Newfoundland, where the historic flight start- ed, and the other at Clifden, Ireland, where it ended. Sir Charles has taken the lead as the patron saint of aviation, and the British public ought to feel grateful to him for his determination to make sure that the honor due to the two pioneer aviators of the British records of trans-oceanic flight are not to be forgotten, INCREASED INDEMNITIES 'A year ago a report was current that a movement was on foot among the members of parliament at Ottawa to increase their sessional indemnities from $4,000 to $6000. The proposal, however, met with so strong a protest from every part of the country that it was placed on the shelf. : The shelving of the proposal, apparently, was only temporary, for it is again reported that the matter is being given serious consideration by the members of the house. The Liberal members, it is said, are wholly in favor of the increase, and, since human nature is as it is, there is not much likelihood of other parties making much of a protest against it. From the standpoint of the people who have to pay the bill, however, such action would be decidedly unpopular, The average tan, and even the man of more than average intelligence, is unable to see one valid reason why the salaries of members of parlia- ment should be increased by fifty per cent at this time. The principle of the thing is entirely wrong. When . the present parliament was elected, the members were sent there on the distinct understanding that they were to be paid $4,000 per session, There has never been any mandate to the members to increase their salaries by a five cent piece, far less by a sum of $2,000, Four thousand' dollars is quite a large sum for the time which the members have to spend in their official duties, Some of the members, of course, are worth a great deal more than that to the country, but the rank and file of the parties, to be perfectly frank, do not earn even that amount. And the other privileges which go along with the status of member of parliament made the office worth a good deal more than the mere sessional indemnity. This is a time for retrenchment in governmental expenses rather than for expansion of expenditures, particularly when no added value. will be received from the increase. To add $2,000 to the indemnity of cach member would mean an added expenditure of $470,000 a year, and Canada's finances, while satis- factory, have not yet reached the point where the country can afford to waste half a million dollars, MAKING IT EASY TO GET OUT The people of large cities in the United States, like New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Philadel- phia are greatly perturbed because of the lack of exits to their cities, They want more roads to get away from city life, and to accommodate the stream of automobile traffic which seeks the open country, But, to those who are accustomed to 'the orderly life of even the largest Canadian cities, that is not the only reason why exits are needed to at least some of these places, For instance, recent incidents in Chicago and Detroit make onc feel that these would be two good places to get away from, and the more exists provided the better, EDITORIAL NOTES London clerks say men are more polite shoppers than women. But the men haven't mearly so much experience, The United States apparéntly likes its Capadians too well to take any steps towards driving them back to Canada. The Communists of Canada are to hold their con. vention {n Toronto. This is one convention to which that city is entirely welcome. A deadlock like that in Britain at the present time makes one wonder if the party system of government is as good as it is supposed to be. It is estimated that a cow moves her jaws 41,000 times a day. 'Which makes one wonder how often the average woman moves hers. PS The strange thing about the British election is that while the Conservatives were defeated, their candi- dates, as a whole, received more votes than those of any other party, "Power at Cost" is making industrial prosperity possible all over Ontario, Oshawa can have power at cost when it buys its system, : ---- Citizens who are paying their electric light bills this week can reflect on the fact that there is mo hope for a reduction im them until the city ac- quires its electric distribution plant. Those who know the Hon. John S, Martin best will regret most that his health is such as to meces- sitate a complete rest, and will be the most sincere in wishing him a speedy recovery. The general opinion is that the people of Oshawa are strongly favorable to the hydro and gas pur. chase plan. But that will not count for anything un- less the favorable vote is polled on June 18. SL ---------- Reductions in electric rates have been announced for 243 municipalities in Ontario. The name of Osh. awa is missing from the list solely because the city does not own its municipal distributing system. AR -- \ The appointment of a dogdatcher may help to save the gardens of many of the people of Oshawa «providing the dog-catcher "can be in about Afty different places at once. SE ------ United States and Canadian editors are to meet in conference at Gananoque next week. Perhaps we will be able to convince our American cousins that this is not a country of perpetual smow as some of the tourists seem to think, a EE HUMAN NATURE (Farmers' Sun) Liquor is contraband cargo, but it goes into United States just the same, And then there fs milk and cream, wholesome and nutritious, stopped effectively by a slight raise fn customs duties. It's human na- ture that does it. PERHAPS (Moncton Transcript) The only explanation that we can offer for this unexpected heat wave in May is the fact that we have a new weather man on the job at Ottawa, Sir Frederick Stupart never would have mixed up the seasons this way. NO RAINBOW END (Christian Scienceé Monitor) If a certain item of news gets about, no longer will small child- ren believe the - innocent fiction that if they reach the ends of the rainbow they will find a pot of old. An air-pilot flying on the San rancisco-Salt Lake airway, some twelvle thousand foet high, saw re- flected in the clouds a rainhow, but it took the shape of a complete cip- cle. And so, hang goes another childish {llusion. WEAK IN THE HEAD (London Tit-Bits) The girl applied for a situation, "How many posts have you hud before?" asked the manager. "Only one," said the girl. 'That's good. How long did yon keep it?" "I kept it a week," girl, "That's not so good," observed the manager. "Why did they dis- charge you?" "Well, you see, I was at Wool- worth's, and I couldn't remember the prices." BANISH THE REDS (Kirkland Lake Northern News) If it is true that I'inlanders or other foreigners are the leaders iu these Communistic outbursts, then the sooner they are told that if they are not satisfied with the freo- dom granted them in Canada, un- der the Union Jack, the sooner they got back to their own land the bet- ter; With other Communists, who may claim the right of birth as Ca- nadiang or British subjects, the sooner they are taught by process of Jaw that their personal libeiy depends upon their respect for the rights of others, tha better. replied the - Bits of Humor - * MIGHT BE BETTER: She--"A fortune teller says I have a lot of money coming to me," He--"It may be true, it may be--but I would rather hear a pay- ing-teller gay that." HE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN Short-sighted customer: '"Aren'i you making your rolls a little larg- er these days?" Baker: "Rer-polls! Them's loaves!" APPROPRIATE An undergraduate who spends a good deal of his time attempting to emulate Major Seagrave had a birthday recently, and his father asked him what he desired, "Oh," said the young mam, "give me something suitable for a racing motorist." "Very well," said his fatuer, Next day he presented hix young hopeful with a will-form.--The Mo. tor Age. MAKING HERSELF CLEAR An Indian paper furnishes us with a recent specimen of "Eng lish as she is wrote." It is copy of a letter sent by a lady teacher to the director of education, Man- ila, and reads: "Dear Sir. I have the honor to resignate as my works are many and my salary are few. Besides which my supervising teacher makes many loving to me to which I only reply 'Oh not, Oh, not!" Very respectfully, Josefina." Bits of Verse THE QUIET FOLK A Quaker meeting-house, New Jersey. : Secured by hedge and oak the building stands A solid, dark and weathered brick, remote From youth or age; it has become a pole Fixed by the even rows of dead. If od Moved here, shared spirit with the quiet folk He left no miracle for testimony. The lined hands, where no stigmata bloom, Are folded on the thighs; the eyes bend down, : The bare dark walls permit no idols of The senses. These are people who unbare The empty fragmentary bone; they ol It rigid; they chart emptiness witn courage. --By Howard Baker. THE EARTH'S PRESERVA. TION--Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. -=Matthew 5:13, PRAYER--May our ambition, Lord, de so to live that every day the carth may be purer and sweet. er, 4 By James W . Barton, M.D. BEING WELL BORN One of the questions the insurance examiner asks is the age of your parents and the age of your grand- parents when they died, Why? Because their experience tells them, that every thing else being equal, if your parents and grandparents lived to good old age, that your chances of doing the same are better than those of an individual whose ancestors did not live to a good age. Now why do the members of some families seem to live to a good age, and others pass away at or just past middle age? Because in generations back cer- tain ailments attacked families and communities and the ailment was fought off successfully, In order to fight it off what are called antibodies were created in the blood, and these antibodies de- veloped such great strength during the fight that that strength was handed down to the children and children's children, and as far as that particular ailment is concerned it cannot affect them again, or if it does, it is a very mild attack, If then your ancestors fought off various ailments, and lived to a good age you naturally benefit therefrom and should therefore live to a good age also, This accounts for the fact that you and I' often see an individual who comes of sturdy stock who was "well born" who takes all kinds of chances with his body, drinks and smokes heartily and otherwise abuses" his body, and yet he lives to a good age. He of course is the exception, but it is easily explained when we think of the reason. However where one inherits a strong body with this ability to re- sist infection, and lives also a normal healthy life then there is an enjoy- ment in work, in play, in every ac- tivity of life that makes life full, complete, And should you not inherit the strong body and ability to resist in- fection, then careful = simple living with regular visits to the dentist and physician will enable you to avoid a certain amount of illness and be better prepared to withstand ail- ments that do attack you. It is certainly a wonderful thing to be well born but it is a most satis- factory thing to "know thyself" phy- sically. ) (Registered in accordance witli the Copyright Act). WELL INFORMED First Student----'"Are you sure your folks know I'm coming home with you?" Second Student--"They ought Oshawa Branch: 23 Simcoe St, North Oshawa OSHAWA BRANCH OFFICE: 23 SIMCOE ST. NORTH A Word of Appreciation to the People of Oshawa and District Upon the completion to-day of our sixth successful year of financial ser- vice to the people of Oshawa, we gratefully give expression to our appreciation of your confidence. It is our aim to contribute in ever- increasing measure to the opportuni- ties of all who desire increased pros- perity through systematic saving and sound investment. Resources over Eleven Million Dollars Business Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., including Saturday Operated Under Government Inspection CENTRAL CANADA YAN AND SAVINGS (OM PANY TORONTO HEAD OFFICE KING & VICTORIASYS. V7. A SAFE to. I argued with them for a whole hour about it." PLACE FOR SAVINGS A Transtormed West (St. Thomas Times-Journal) According to a Canadian contribu- tor to the quarterly review of the political situation in the British com- monwealth, appearing in a recent is- sue of the Round Table Magazine, a decided change is passing over the whole purview and outlook of the Canadian West, This has been dis- tinctly in evidence since the Prairie Provinces turned seriously to the question of providing for their own industrial needs, and it throws an interesting light on what seems to be the waning importance attaching to the finding of new eastern outlets for the grain crop. This Canadian correspondent is distinctly of opin- ion that the West not only has quite lost its former inferiority complex, but is developing a new conviction of self-sufficiency, associated with the increasing inclination to regard the Pacific, not the Atlantic, as its ocean of opportunity. When the bottom dropped out of the inflation that collapsed in 1921, the West confronted a straitened sit- uation corresponding to that which brought the agricultural depression |{in the Middle West grain districts of the United States and has led di- rectly to the revised tariff bill now menacing Canadian agriculture gen- erally. Wheat prices tumbled, banks were burdened with frozen asscts, business slowed down and men, un- able to find jobs, turned southward in search of work. But the turn of thetide came when the 'Western farmers began té realize that in co- operative marketing they had ready to hand the instrument of their own cconomic salvation, Its extraordin- ary expansion and success has alsd pointed the way of hope for the dis. contented United States regions. Today the Alberta wheat pool is the most spectacular and significant example of the value of the doctrine of self-help to be found anywhere. This organization numbers something like 150,000 members and has profit- ably marketed almost a billion bush- els of wheat. It has become a factor of marked potency in the world's grain situation, and its influence has been accentuated with the favorable movement of grain rates and the growing stress laid on crop: diversi. fication, not to speak of the accumu- lating evidence that a mining devel- opment awaits the West comparable to that already found in northern Ontario and Quebec. All these have played their part in the extraordin- ary wave of optimism that is rolling across the Dominion: from the On- tario boundary to the Pacific Ocean. Even more remarkable is the in- dustrial and urban development, stimulated by the general prosperity and abundant promise of a still larg- er future, Last year sixty-two in- dustries were established in Winni- peg, raising that city to fourth place among the industrial centres of the Dominion. Regina grew by 15 per cent, last year when its population reached approximately 56,000. De- velopment of an oil-gas field near Calgary has enabled that city to hold its' place as second Western city with a population of about 80,000. Edmon- ton and Saskatoon and, most of all, Vancouver, have had a share in this growth, Vancouver, says the Round Table correspondent, expects from | now on to ship about 100,000,000 bushels of wheat a season. It is en- joying a notable building boom, What is most significant is that the present prosperity is mot dependent upon a single factor; Western Can- ada has ceased to be a one-crop country, nor is it solely dependent on agriculture, As it grows and builds up new industries for itself, it is also building up a new con- suming population which will no longer be compelled to look to the East to satisfy its necessities, MOTORIST LOCKED UI Toronto, June 8.--Struck down by an automobile as she was cross- ing Coxwell avenue last evening. Vera Merrill, aged 5, of 21 Ashland avenue, suffered fractures of the collar bone and one arm. Archie Major of 362 Main street, the al- leged driver of the automobile, was arrested by P.C. Jones (364) on a charge of criminal negligence. Major was driving south on Cox- well Avenue when he is said to have run down the girl. He was taken to Pape avenue station, where bail was placed at $2,000. gr s 0.0 Office: Reford Buildin Phones SroBiE-ForLoNG 6G STOCKS BOND ' "8. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System \ 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA 143 and 144 ---- GRAIN SIS. TORON 0 PEDESTRIAN KILLED Hamilton, June 8.--As he was crossing Barton street late Friday night, near the General Hospital, Robert Richardson, about 40 years of age, who lived at 73 Barton St. E., was run over by an automobile driven by Jack Wheeler, 10 Short street, and was killed almost in- (car, stantly. . Dr. H. R. McAllister was passing and he endeavored to give the ine jured man first aid, but Mr. Riche ardson, it is said, died while being removed to the hospital. Wheeler was not held, as he told police the man stepped in front of his An inquest will be hela, MONTREAL LONDON, ENG, F. J. REDD! Naprisennstive Fenahete: Our June Booklet Contains a diversified list of bonds and stocks which at current levels present attractive investment op- portunities; in particular it contains information con. cerning the following convertible preferred shares: THE UNITED LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY $6 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, PRICE: 100 and accrued dividend, yielding 6%; TORONTO ELEVATORS LIMITED 7% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, PRICE: 100 and accrued dividend, yielding 7%. Copres of our Boohlet containing details of these hwo issues ond a number of other offerings will be furnished on request, DomiNION SECURITIES CORPORATION LIMITED Established 1901 ER, Wood, President Head Officer TORONTO, 26 King St. & WINNIPEG VANCOUVER a Telephone Biggar, Turner & Crawford Stock and Bond Brokers ESTABLISHED 1908 Members Toronto Stock Exchanye Associate Members New York Curb Market Quotations Boarded on New York, Toronto, Montreal and Standard Mining Exchanges Enquiries and Correspondence Solicited OSHAWA OFFICE vr INrect Private Wires to New York and Toronto Alger Building, Opposite Post Office F. G. CARSWELL, Manager f ! 26001 ~ ~.