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retary, The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana- diss Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Ase sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Buresu of Civculations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15¢ a week. By mail in Canade (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 » . year; United States, §5.00 ¢ year. 8 : TORONTO OFFICE $07 Bond Building, 66 Temperance, Street, Telephone © Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U, 8, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. 3 ] a A FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929 'i THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929 favorable trade balance of, in rough figures, about $20,000000, The . entire year, however, found this unfavorable balance wiped out, and a small favor: able balance created. There is little hope, however, that the same result will be ble in 1929, for the unfavorable trade balance for the first five months of this year amounts to the large total of $85,000,000, The cause of this does not le in the decline of Canadian industry, agriculture and forestry, It is to be found in the ever-increasing amount of money spent by Canadians in buying goods produced in other countries, In the first five months of 1929 the ex- ports of Canada were $10,000,000 greater than in the first five months of 1929, but in the same period the exports showed an increase of from $477959,707 to $550,181,307, an increase of about $73,000,000, This is a serious condition, The remedy for it lies in the hands of the people of Canada when they are sufficiently willing to forego the buying of foreign- made goods, and concentrate, as largely as possible, on goods produced in this country. The one great weakness in the whole Canadian economic system lics in the vast amounts of money, which, year after year are sent out of the country to buy goods which could quite easily have been produced in the factories of Canada, The export trade of Canada is growing steadily, although it must be remembered that the huge exports of grain have much to do with the ex- port figures, But it is by no means keeping pace with the import trade, and since the people of Canada seem to have so much money to spend on foreign goods, it would be well worth while to divert a large portion of that to Canadian producers and workmen by buying Canadian made goods in preference to those made in other countries, THE EFFECT OF NOISE We, who form this present generation have grown very sensitive to obstreperous noise and find it has a very bad effect on the nervous system, with grave reactions on all kinds of mental work, In this re- "THE PASSING OF NORMAN 8. B, JAMES In the passing of Norman S, B, James, the town of Bowmanville is deprived of a citizen whom the community could ill afford to lose. A comparatively young man, he had make his mark in the community, not alone through the newspaper with which he and his family have been so intinfately connected for the past sixty years, but also in the many fields of en- deavour which he made his particular interest. In civic effort, in service club and fraternal society work, and in the activities of his church, he played # large and important part, The work of mercy carried on by the Bowmanville Hospital, over the board of which he presided for several years, and ito which he made a large contribution of service, In the Rotary Club, he found a field for community service, and in the Masonic Order, the Oddfellows 'and the Canadian Order of Foresters, he was ever keenly interested and active, In Trinity United Church, of which he was a' valued official, he will be greatly missed, As a member of the family which has controlled the destinies of the Canadian Statesman for well over half a century, 'Mr, James had an important part in building up a weekly newspaper which has won {or itself a high place in its own particular field, To say that Mr, James will be missed in Bowman- ville is giving but a mild expression of the respect and esteem with which he was regarded by the whole community, The town as a whole will join with his ! bereaved family in mourning his untimely death, and *The Times takes this opportunity, as a fellow-mem- ber of the newspaper craft, and as a neighbour, to express its sincere sympathy with the father, the "wife and children and brothers and sisters of Mr, James, as well as with the community of Bowman. 'wille, in the loss which they have sustained, SAFE BUS DRIVING There has been some discussion in certain Toronto newspapers regarding the manner in which busses are driven on the highway adjacent to that city. A citizen of Toronto, writing to a newspaper, makes definite charges of careless and reckless driving which he claims to have observed on the Dundas highway outside Toronto, So fap as the highway running west out of Toronto is concerned, The Times has little first hand know- dodge of actual conditions there, and it is quite pos. sible that the Toronto man's complaint is well found. ed. But we do have some knowledge of the manner in which the busses running from Oshawa to Torontv and vice versa are driven, and, in common with ithe people of Oshawa, we are vitally interested in this, While it must be admitted that, in common with most motorists, the bus drivers do exceed the speed limit at times, it is very unusual to find the drives of these busses careless or reckless. In fact, many icomments have been heard as to their exceptional .akill in driving their large vehicles, The drivers 'invariably stop at railway crossings, such as the "CNR. crossing at Scarboro, they rarely cut in on another vehicle unless there is a clear road ahead, "and when they do exceed the speed limit, it is usually 'when they have an open road ahead of them. "This was particularly true of the bus drivers un- "der the management of the old company which form- 'erly operated from Oshawa to Toronto, and which { still operates a bus service from Toronto to Kingston, and it is hoped that it will continue to be true of the ! drivers. under the management of the Gray Coach Lines, ig CANADA'S TRADE BALANCE \ There is no use disguising the fact that while Can- .ada- is prospering, there 'are some aspects of that prosperity which are, to say the least, very disquieting, One of these aspects is found in the recent increases In the unfavorable balance of trade which is facing the 'country. Exports are increasing, so that the volume of trade created by the products of Canada's fields, forests and factories is satisfactory. But, at the same time, the imports from other countries . _wre growing at such a phenomenal rate that the "Dominion is faced with an unfavorable trade situa- tion such as the country has not experienced for many years. When the Liberal government went to the elect. ors of Canada in 1925, one of the chief arguments in favor of returning that government to power again {was the 'splendid condition of trade affairs, It was 'the boast of the government at that time that Can- ada had a favorable trade balance of $400,000,000, and government speakers and writers made the most of { that fact. Today, however; conditions are much different. For spect as in many others, we differ from our ances- tors. If we take up a novel like "Pickwick" we find the characters rather liked to be awakened by the clatter in the cobble-stoned inn yard or street below their bedrooms, Grooms and coachmen talked in stentorian tones interspersed with bellowed laugh- ter, maids rattled pails, and twirled mops to an ac- companiment of shrill cackle; while horses made their iron-shod hooves ring on the stones of the street, All these sounds made pleasant morning music for our sturdy ancestors, But, we moderns, have other noises, e.g. the motor car, of which a former generation knew nothing. And when the aeroplane becomes as popular as the runabout car, then we shall have the added strain of unceasing volleys of noise from the sky. Even now, many people who live near the various aero- dromes cannot sleep without cotton-wool in the ears, or some similar device to deaden the constant racket, It may be objected that we shall gradually become habituated to noise, and end by disregarding it. 'But recent experiments go to show that the damage done by incessant din is very real indeed. To show the economic and financial view we may cite from a brochure on the subject recently issued by the Inter- national Labour Office. "As to the results of official experiments on noise and the way in which it affect- od industrialism it was found that 'noise,' even when not fo)a marked intensity, causes a marked dim- inytion in the capacity to work and frequently re- sulted in a serious drop in output, which fell at times as low as 40%." We naturally ask, "Is there a remedy?" Fortunate- ly, there is one readily applicable and perfectly prac- ticable. It is found In the use, in mattresses, of the sound-absorbing seaweed which is found on the shores of Nova Scotia, The great new Midland Bank in the heart of the city of London has been lined with this marvellous seaweed, with the result that while all the pandemonium of London traffic roars in the street, inside the building a whisper can be heard across the great hall. The same substance can even be incorporated in the stone which is to form the structure of new city buildings, The demon of noise is routed by this simple device, but one thing appears to be essential: the seaweed must be of the kind found growing on the rocks of Nova Scotia; later experiments will tell us exactly why, pf Men of affairs upon whom the conduct of our great business devolves can only work efficiently in a serene atmosphere, To them the constant clangour of traffic or industrial din penetrating their rooms from without is a serious hindrance. This new dis- covery has obviated a great handicap in city business life, and it is now sure to come more and more into use as' our great cities are rapidly being re-built on a mammoth scale, EDITORIAL NOTES Perhaps the fact that Hamilton now has an airport is responsible for the flurry in Toronto about having one there, : An article in the ladies' magazine gives advice on "How to Exercise the Chin." What a waste of good space and white paper, The Scottish Clans meeting in Toronto this week shows that the people from the land of cakes form quite a large factor in the province of Ontario, Could anything be worse than having to sit in a classroom and write important examinations in these dog days which sap the energy from even the strong- est of people. ------ The reason why so much prominence has been given to the English Channel aviation tragedy is that such disasters have been very rare in connection with British commercial aviation, ; Hon, R, B, Bennett says he is an optimist re- garding the future of Canada, But somehow he doesn't impress one as being very enthusiastic about the present, A Saskatchewan Liberal member who was re-elect- ed has been in the Legislature for twelve years and has never made a speech, Which is further proof of the fact that speeches do not make votes. Senator George P, Graham has endorsed Premier Ferguson's educational policy. But it must be re- membered that he is now past the stage of having to seek a party nomination and fight for his election. The difficulties of minority governments could eas- ily be averted if governments functioned on the same basis as some of the big and successful corporations, by seeuring the best business men td run their al- Other Editor's Comments ABANDONS (Toronto Globe) For some minds there evidently is great attraction in public life or public A , A. Jowitt, K.C., Attorney-General in the La- bor Government in Britain, aban- dons a practice at the Bar said to be worth $200,000 to take an of- fice carrying but a fraction of that sum, * WE'RE IN TUNF! (Hamilton Herald) There isp't any trick about day- light saving, One simply advances the hands of the clock an hour-- and forgets that one did it. Given a fair trial, this experiment, we think, is going to be so popular that it is unlikely daylight saving will ever again be an issue in Ham- fliton. We're in tune at last. CANADIAN RADIO PROBLEMS (Farmer's. Advocate) The radio is playing an increas- ingly important role in the social and educational life of Canadian people, and with the development of radio are coming grave soclal and national problems that must be dealt with discreetly but firm. Iy. A committee, under the chalr- manship of Sir John Alrd, is mak- ing a study of radio problems iu Canada, The allocation of wave- lengths and by whom broadcasting stations shall be operated are mat- ters to which the committee must give careful attention, Based on them are two vital questions, First of all, if radio is to be popular in Canada direct advertising must be eliminated from the programs, People will not buy expensive radio sets in order to hear selling talk regarding all products manufactur- ed in Canada and United States, More important: still, perhaps, is the necessity of improving broad- casting in Canada so Canadians may tune in on Canadian pru- grams. There seems to he cpnsid- erable difficulty in broadcasting east and west, and broadcasting units in Canada over a compara tively narrow fleld. Reception from United States stations, even at twice the distance, is vastly bet ter than from our own home sta- tions, and the result is that Cana- dians are fed up with foreign pro- grams when we should be listening to Canadian talent and facts about Canada, Radio has immense possibilities educationally that have not yet been exploited, but we shall make very little progress in Canada in that direction until broadcasting is so improved that Canadian pro- grams may be picked up with ease and satisfaction, | | Bie of Humor - | "Why the thunder didn't you signal what you were going to Sor" demanded the angry motos. st. 'Because I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to do, and I wasn't going to give you the wrong signal and chance a smash-up," re- torted the lady driver, haughtuy, "Don't be fraid of You know a barking bites." "Yes, but you can never tell when he's going to stop barking.' Nurse: "Why do you 80 to the stable?" Small Boy: "Cause Dad said the horses were eating their heads of; Mig I want to see how they o fit . that dog. dog. never want to At the close of a preliminary ex- amination in an up-country court, the magistrate, as usual, asked the prisoner whether he had any- thing to say. The defending attorney whisper. ed to the prisoner: 'Say you are not guilty and you reserve your de- fence," The prisoner thereupon sald: "Your worship, I am not gullty and I deserve my sentence," _ Bits of Verse BECAUSE | HAD A FRIEND Life never would have been so rich To me--so well worth while-- But for that cheering word you spoke, But for that Shawty smile; The burden had so heavy grown, My heart was filled with care; I never would have reached the goal Had you, friend, not been there. Because, because I had a friend, One who was real and true; Because your friendship did: not fail Just when I needed you, I had the strength to clamber on, had the will to do. | Because I knew I had a friend, I've had no cause to rue, Oh, there are records of the past That tell of trust sublime, Of friendships that survived the test Of doubt, disaster, time; But I know one that's up to date, That had not had an end When a man defeated fought and won Because he had a friend, JESUS SAVIOR---The angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unte thee Mary thy wife: .for that which is conceived' in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from: their sing.~--Matthew 1:20, PRAYER--We thank. Thee, Lord, for Thy dear Son, Our Sav- Lior, > To M Delegates Future Mi Must Highways Be Rebuilt eet Craze For Speed U.S, Roads Convention Sey. New System; U.S, and Cai erpments May Have to Pass: Faster Cars of Gov- ns The United States Good Roads Convention met at Memphis re- cently, and 8s one might expect there was a good deal of discussion shout the automobile trafic on the highways, More than one speaker predict. ed that within the next three or four years the J "eat system of bighways will obsolete~--obso- lete as to surface, obsolete as to width and obsolute as to curves. "Build highways for faster cars, for faster cars are sure to come," was their ery, Among other things it 'was de- clared that highways must go through the same evolution as did the railway tracks; that all curves and grades must be eliminated; bridges and viaducts widened, and avoid passing through cities If they don't want, It these things are to come about in the United States they must come about in Canadas, too, because automobile traffic is inter. national, and U, 8B, cars enter Can- ada by the hundreds of thousands every year, We want them to come, But if the whole highways sys- tem of this country has to be scrapped to meet the increasing power of cars, the authorities will have to do some hard thinking. In the first place, more speed means more accidents. If curves and grades are eliminoted that will counteract some, but there are plenty of other factors that cause pesidonts which must increase the total, There are too many accidents, now, and if automobile conditions are to be changed, they should be changed in the direction of remov- fog the causes. he horse has mot yet gone the way of the dodo, For many farm- ers he has his place on the high- ways, and if the roads are to be- come mere speedways, there lies a fruitful source of mishaps, If our fine highways have to be i scrapped rp buflt slmost us 00D 88 are completad, where is the money to come from? When will they have to be rebuilt again? It would be like Jouring monty in. to a bag with a big hole in tne The Hon. George 8. Henry, Min- ister of Highways in the Province of Ontario, remarked recently that he did not know why faster and faster cars on the market capable of great speeds for ordinary use. Today, manufacturers vie with each other in. turning out autos that will. do 'thelr sixty, seventy and eighty miles an hour, Why? The speed limit in Ontario is 36 miles an hour, In many of the States it is 40, There is a proposal afoot to abolish the speed limits altogether, Who wants these high speeds? Mostly "flaming youth," who me not happy unless they are stepping hard on the gas pedal and burning up their tires and the roads, madly careering to reach some place which they are really in no partic- ularly hurry to get to. An automobile manufacturer has declared that five years from now there will be cars on the roads cap- able of doing one hundred miles an hour, Again, why? All this crase for speed must bring about the conditions of things which the' delegates to the Memphis convention foretold, The peaple of Ontario will have to pay for these improvements of the bighways, and unless the Govern- ment of the United States and Canada get together to protect the lives of the people and to protect the pockets of the taxpayer, mo- toring for pleasure will be a thing of the past, deaths will increase, because, however, straight and wide the roads are cars at such high speeds will get out of control, there will still be the flend who must "cut-in'" fo get a few yards shead, and the auto will become the curse that increasing numbers of people say it is now, That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. INSULIN PREVENTS TISSUE * DESTRUCTION Perhaps when you have read a newspaper headline which says "in sulin is not a cure for diabetes" you wonder why so much importance was attached to Banting's discovery, and whether or not it really saves lives. Now although the number of cases of diabetes is not decreasing, never theless the death rate is decreasing, because insulin prevents diabetic pa tients from dying. - It supplies the necessary substance that enables the body to use sugar instead of throw. ing it out as waste in the urine, Further, in the case of young peo ple, where formerly diabetes was rap idly fatal, insulin actually cures the condition and they are enabled to live without the use of insulin, You see the cause of diabetes Is a destruction of part of pancreas, that organ that is so important to diges- tion, You will remember that its juice acts on meats, starches, and fats. Insulin in young folk steps in be fore too much damage has been done to the pancreas, and that is why young folks are cured. In older folks too much damage has been done, and the insulin, by supplying the necessary juice, makes up for what the damaged pfNcreas cannot manufacture, However the discovery of insulin has so stirred up research workers that they are experimenting with insulin for many forms of trouble In the body, You have been reading about "rickets" that distressing ailment due to softness of the bones, and the deformities that follow from it. You have read about how sunlight and cod liver oil have been able to pre- vent this condition in children, An now it has been shown that insulin tends to improve the building processes of the body and prevent the "acidosis" which is so destruec- tive to tissue growth, It ia this acidosis that ' prevents the lime from being deposited in the bone and also tears down the June, salts already formed in the ood, You can thus see that insulin then is not only a wonderful discovery in itself, but it has been the teat stimulus to research workers in their -| efforts to dipcover other gland sub- stances that may be of help in pre venting illness, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act) . NATIVES ADOPT MODERN DRESS Anxiety of natives on the Gola Coast of Africa to assume modern dress is becoming embarrassing to their employers. They are very quick to imitate any new dress their superior may wear. Numer. ous tales are told of an entire of. fice force changing its style of clothing to conform to the type worn by a new agent or superior officer, - Some natives wear Euro- pean clothing at the office and na- tive garb at home. The number of persons adopting foreign apparel is constantly increasing, especially among the youger generation, In the schools the girls are now re- quired to wear uniform dresses wpile the boys appear in khaki | x WOMEN GRADUATES UP-TU. DATE Because of the controversy In England as to whether women should be admitted to universities, special attention was directed to this year's graduation class of the University of London, which, un- like the older educational institu. tions, admits them to every faculty on the same terms as men, A large percentage of the 3,383 grad- uates were women, and it was brought out that many of them were beautifully dresesd and beau- tiful in themselves, in striking contrast to the old type of stern and dowdy women of learning. Most of them wore long hair ar- ranged in the latest style, They appeared in cap and gown, which men graduates have discarded, PLADNER GETS TRIMMED Paris, June 21,--Spider Pladner, erstwhile kingpin of the European flywelghts, is in a state of coma at a hospital here after being stopped by Gene Hunt, an unheralded French bantamweight, The French conqueror of Izzy Schwartz and Frankie Genaro entered the ring against the 'jack-in-the-box' fight- er with nothing but confidence as an asse and was severely beaten, being knocked down 18 times be- fore the referee intervened in the 16th round. | Eye Core and THE RELATION OF DEFEC- TIVE EYES TO HEALTH By 0. H, Tuck, OPT.D, Copypright 1928 Part "ar The child who sees easily is the child who learns. Aside from the moral responsibility in the weltare of our childhood we should be- come alive to the real menace of physical defects, of defective vi- sion, a menace extending from childhood to those in industrial oc. cupations, Children use their eyes constantly at their work as do n- dustrial workers at thelr work, The child is in its formative stapes plastic and susceptible to change, and so under strain a more lastmg defect is developed, The correction then when taken in time would build up a stronger constitution, increase the desire and ability to learn, and in later years be the measure of the per- son's capacity for work, Do your children see clearly? How are you to know? How ean we boast of our systems and our institutions for the welfare of the future generation when many things are taken for granted or are not discovered until well develop- ed? (To be continued next week) TAMIL PEOPLE SHOW FAITH IN ALMANAC Gods Propitiated For Their Blessings Thro the Year Bombay, India, June 21--- The Tamil New Year's Day was cele- brated a short time ago wherever Tamilans live, and gods were pro- pitiated for their blessing through- out the year, An important fea- ture of the celebrations was the reading of the almanac for the new year, The custom on New Year's Day Ais for the villagers to assemble in the village temple or in the house of some prominent person at his Invitation and the chief priest reads the almanac and ex- plaing the forecasts made in it for the coming year, A number of these almanacs are published every year, and as most follow a common formula they are liable to any interpretation, According to many of the alman- acs for the Tamil year Sukia 1020- 80, the conjunction of the stars and heavenly bodies guarantees peace and prosperity to the whole world, In India there will be hare mony among the various castes and communities, and communal unity will be considerably helped by the propagation of the truth about BUILDING SERVICE AND PARTS DEPT ' Addition is Planned To The Factory at Lansing Michigan J Detroit, June 21 -- The Olds Motor Works will bufld snother large addtion to its factory at Lansing, Mich, according to 1, J, Reuter, president and general manager, This is the tenth large structure started by the company in the past two years, The new buflding, three stories in height, will contain 169,300 square feet of floor space, and will be uitlized for the service parts department, About one-hird of the first floor will be used for a past model machine shop. Jigs, dies tools and machinery for the manufacture of any par tof any model Oldsmobile produced for the past twenty years or more will be located here, The first floor will also bouse a service research department of the techni- cal divsion of the service, parts ac- tivities, th ebox factory, receiv. ing room, elevator und storage, A feature of the second floor will be a most modern small parts storage department completely equipped with metal bins, Small part contained in the Oldsmobile sixes and the Viking eights, as well as models of Oldsmobiles produced in recen tyears, will be carried in stock, A division of this depart. ment will be devoted to stocking unit packages of small parts which dealers order in quantity These small parts are packed in contain. ers containing standard quantities so that they are ready for instant shipment on receipt of an order. Other activities on the second floor will include the shipping depart- ment and parts deliveries to nears by dealers who come to Lansing for driveaways, Offices of the parts division of the service department and the tabulating division will occupy the east portion of the third floor, Bulky parts, such as radiators, run. ning boards and sheet metal parts, will be tocked om the third floor, Another innovation will be the installation of a pyroxylin paint department, This will be used to finish fenders and other sheet metal parts ordered for replace: ments on de luxe models, In the future these parts will be carried unfinished and lacquered and ship ped as orders are received, A portion of the third floor will be used as a servico school for the training of dealer service men in the Great Lakes region. The build- ing also will be equipped with a conveyor system to handle all parts, from the storage depart ments to the shipping room, Experts from the United States will assist Manila, P.I, in its plan for vocational! education in publle schools, every religion by its own head, HR SroBIE-FOorLONG 8G STOCKS BONDS Head Office: Reford Bullding BAY AND WELLINGTON SIS. TORONTO EL , SRE GRAIN S. F, EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 At Keep It is the im 00d Brakes Prevent Accidents rative duty of every motorist to keep x, WA in first-class mechanical condition. irty-five miles an hour, four-wheel brakes should be able to stop a car in 72 feet. But at a 50 mile speed, 150 feet are required. Some day your life or the lives of others will depend upon your braking equipment. the highways safe for yourself and others by always having good brakes. SRFETY, CHRE WE) COMMON SENSE Highway Safety Committee Hon. Geo. S. Henry, Chairman. 1 ths fig fy of 138 Canaga bad an wa- | Ad OPTI I A faics, irrespective Of eglitisal affligtions, SE --