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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1930 The Oshawa Daily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY : (Established 1871) An independent n published every i afternoon except and legal holi- , days at Oshawa, by The limes hy Limited. Chas. M. 5 t; A. R Alloway, Sec Be Prens, t Caraian: iat of the . ° apers Association, the Pravin! and the Audit Bureau of Cicculations: Delivered by carrier, 15 RATES By mail » Cc a in Canada (outside Osha i delivery limits) hd a yous; United States, $5.0 a year, Sie os Building, 66 T Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107, 0 D. Ed residder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S. Howers and Stone Inc., New York and Chicage WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 165th, 1930 BUSINESS EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS The budget statement which was present- ell to the board of education the other even- ing by C. H, R. Fuller, its business adminis- trator, is a model of business efficiency as applied to the affairs of a public body. It is the kind of report which is very rarely placed before any public bodies, although now that it has been done, it is easy to see how necessary it is to the proper conduct of public business. The statement was important not merely because it shows that, so far, the board of education is within its budget estimates by an amount of $10,521.78. That means that the board has spent that amount less, dur- ing the first nine months of the year, than was provided in the estimates for that , That in itself is an indication of efficient administration, because it shows a care in making expenditures that is highly commendable. What is of even more importance, how- ever, is the value of the budget statement to the board in carrying out its work. Public bodies, as a rule, carry on during the year, spending as they think necessary, and then wait for the balance sheet after the books have been closed. Not so the Oshawa board of education. Under the system which has been evolved by Mr. Fuller, it is possible for him to present, every month, a complete statement, showing the expenditures to date, and a comparison of these with the budget allowances up to that period. Thus it. is possible, every month, for the board to make a check on its operations, so that, if need be, economies can be effected in various de- partments in order to keep within budget a iations. z Pr, Fuller has done the board of educa- tion, and the city in general, a splendid piece of service in evolving this budget plan, not only because of the plan itself, but because of the exhaustive nature, of the information whieh it contains. Every phase of the op- erations of the city's educational system is covered in detail, and it presents to the board almost at a glance, a comprehensive review of the business administration of the board from month to month. The idea is one which is well worth, copy- ing in other departments of the public af- fairs of the city, and not only in Oshawa, but as a universal scheme. Public bodies are far too often apt to leave such matters «to their paid officials, without bothering their heads about details until the year is ended. For that reason, it is refreshing to find at least one public body which has in- stituted a business-like system that woult be a credit to any private business, and af- ter all, public business should be conducted just as efficiently, and with just as great regard for detail, as any successful business man would conduct his own affairs. "+ A BACK TO THE LAND MOVEMENT 1 The British government is sponsoring a "Back to the Land" movement for unem- ployed British workers. The government proposes to acquire large tracts of land, and make these available, with proper assistance, to those who detive fo 17 Yhels Buck as Saris. e. The experimen ha ha sual sole It is not the first time cry of "Back to the Land" has been an bn ir in Great Britain. It crops up every time there is an industrial depression. 'But present effort, it would appear, is going lage organized, and is going to have 'the financial backing of the government, so it may meet with some measure of success. "In this country, there is also an agitation "Back to the Land" movement of a ra- ae type. It is being restricted to war veterans who have broken down in health, and who have become eligible for payments under the War Veterans' Allow- ance Act. These allowances, it is admitted, are not sufficient to maintain a man and his wife in a city or large town. But it is be- * Jieved that if these war veterans could be 'persuaded to settle on small holdings in vil- lage communities, where they would have a garden, a home with small rental, and per- haps a cow and a few chickens, they could maintain themselves with a fair degree of one which deserves to be developed seriously by governmental bodies.' All war veterans, of course, might not like the idea of retiring to the rural districts, but there ought to be a sufficent number to permit of the estab- lishment of veteran communities, where they could settle together, old comrades fin- ishing their days in 'peace and quietness, and removed from the stress and strain of try- ing to maintain life in a large city on allow- ances totally inadequate for the purpose. AN INADEQUATE DIVORCE COURT Now that the new Ontario divorce court law is going into effect, it is being found out that it is not accomplishing what was ex- pected of it. In fact, the very things about which its strongest supporters were most concerned are not covered by the measure at all, and little has been gained by the es- tablishment of the divorce court. . We recall discussing this bill in Ottawa last spring by Mr. Irvine and Mr. Woods- worth, the two western members of parlia- ment who fought so hard for it, and their chief argument was that the divorce pro- cedure under the old law of trial by a senate committee, made no provision for allowances of alimony, nor for custody of the children of a divorced couple. They wanted that changed, and they made the point that under a divorce court procedure, this would be done. But Mr. Justice Logie, of the Ontario Supreme Court, has pointed out that these two mat- ters are still beyond the jurisdiction of the tribunal which will hear and try divorce cases. The courts are in exactly the same position as was the senate in this respect, and have no power to decide questions of alimony or custody of children. Thus, even before the divorce law comes properly into operation, it is found that it falls short of what was expected of it, and short of what it was intended to provide. THE TRANS.CANADA HIGHWWAY ROUTE The Sault Ste. Marie Star is hammering away at the campaign to ensure that the Trans-Canada highway will follow what is' known as the Lake Superior shore route, through Sault Ste. Marie, in preference to the route through the clay belt to the north, In its editorial columns, the Star is showing the advantages of following the lake shore route, and it must be admitted that its ar- guments are convincing. One strong point which it takes is that the Lake Superior shore route is the only route which will be acceptable to tourists from the United States, that, if the northerly route is taken, they will continue to travel into western Canada by way of Minnesota. That is a potent ar- gument, for it is admitted that one of the purposes of the Trans-Canada highway is to attract tourist traffic to the Ontario north- land, and to previde a route which will en- tice people from the United States, and from eastern Canada as well, to remain north of the international boundary while on their motor trips. The value of tourist traffic in dollars and cents is growing every year, and, as Editor Jim Curran of the Soo puts it while speaking in Oshawa a few weeks ago, the aim of the Sault Ste. Marie people is to pay for the development of Canada's north coun- try with the dollars of American tourists. The Star sums up its argument as follows. "If the Lake Superior shore, known all over the world for its scenic gran- deur, isn't used, Ontario will handicap itself in getting tourists. Twenty thou- sand U.S. cars came across at the Soo this year, and this compares with about 100 five years ago. The general opinion expressed by visitors was that if they were asked to journey around the Coch- rane route to get to the west, they would prefer to go via Minnesota, as in the past." There is little more left to say. The Star has made good its case in the minds of prac- tically all of the people of Old Ontario who have taken the time to consider the merits of the two proposed routes, and the govern- ment will think twice before rejecting the reasoned arguments put forward by Mr, Curran and his colleagues. EDITORIAL NOTES The only consoling thing about the Chin- ese civil wars is that those taking part in them have not yet started writing books about their experiences. A motorist sees no reason why car drivers should not give their machines appropriate names. Most of them do,--and they are not all printable. oe A German statesman is demandinga mora- torium. Many people in Canada would like .something like that for themselves just now. "As 1 look forward toward the world in which my' grest-grandchildren may live, I find a certain solace in reflecting that my own birthday occurred toward the latter end of the nineteenth century."--Earl of Birken- head. A Brantford choir has started for England, where it will take part in a famous musical festival. Let us wish our fellow-countrymen every success in their quest for musical lau. Poa 8 ls couglpy. mmr er Other Editors' Commen ts LIQUOR AND LABOR (Brantford Expositor) ? The people of Canada, are having plenty of opportunity during the present session of business depres- sion to think of fhe huge Syms of money spent for uor throughou the Dominion. The Dominion Gov- ernment has appropriated $20,000,000 to be divided among the various pro- vinces. Ontario alone spent last year at least $55,000,000 for lisuor which, for the most part, was an ecopomic waste. It is not much wonder that serious questions, have been asked ning this Cxpenditure. If this vast sum of een emp- tied into the various channels of business it is impossible to estimate the extent to which it might have offset the present depression. This sum is considerably more than two and a half times what the Federal Government had appropriated for the relief of unemployment in the entire Dominion. IDLENESS THE CURSE (Milwaukee Sentinel) The saddest, most tragic sight in a large Jiison is not the death cham- ber. The most depressing place to visit is not the hospital. The thing most hopelessly sad is the sight of men sitting quietly in cells--in idle- ness. There is no curse like the curse of idleness, - How unimportant is the kind of work when you are confront- ed with nothing to do? How thank- ful we ought to be so long as there is one brick to lay above another, so long as we can use, at least part of the time, the mind and body we were brought into the world to use, Bet- ter die soon, though it may be from overwork (if that is possible) than live long and be idle, THE WORLD'S ENEMY (Washington Post) (The Chicago Board of Trade has barred the Soviet Government from tarding in futures on the Grain Ex- change.) It is idle to suppose that the advocates of world revolution will be discouraged by these frustrations, Their goal is to spread Communism throughout the world, and only co- lossal failure or defeat will bring their activities to an end. The men- ace of Bolshevism is the biggest eco- nomic problem of the century. It can not be met by the twaddle of the so-called liberals or the indiffer- ence of those who disapprove of Communism but think it a harmless fad of the current age. The United States Government is confronted by a diabolical system which commands the advantages of despotic govern- mental power, enormous natural re- sources, and the ability to eommand eer the labour of millions, all con- centrated upon the destruction of free governments. A BARGAIN FOR A BARGAIN (New York Times) Both Canada and Australia, with their recently adopted tariffs in their hands, are in a position to demand a very favourable bargain from Great Brita if the policy of preference on Imperial goods is to be pursued and enlarged. Bits of Humour She: 'She gave us something on our wedding anniversary--that plush tes-cosy--and we ought to reciprocate." He: "Reciprocate? You mean re- talipte,"'--8idmouth Observer. Possible Employer: "But you're asking for a rather high wage see- ing that you knew nothing about thework?" Applicant: "But, knowin' the work makes it so much harder for me." --Bulletin, Sydney, you see, not The biggest screen triumph of the Fall wlll be taking them down with out tearing them to pieces. Wedding Guest--"Thiy is your fourth daughter to get married, isn't it?" MacTight--'""Ay; and our confet- ti's gettin' awful gritty." The professor knows of an ab- sent-minded flapper who powdered over her nose. Nephew-~"Uncle, when are you going to play football again?" Rich Uncle--'1 don't play foot- ball. What makes you ask me that question?" Nephew--"Well, father says when you kick off 'we are going to get a motor car and a house." She may be the whole show to her mother, but she's only the inter- mission to me. It may be unpleasant to play po- ker with a bad loser, but it's a lot better than playing with any kind of a winner. Bits of Verse SIMPLE THINGS For my small corner of the world ---Blue ses, blue. sky and pale green sod, X And noble mountains glistening Mistily-- 1 thank thee, God! [For deeps where white syringa roops And Sogvod blossoms shyly nod, And the wild currant swings her crimson lamps I thank Thee, God! For the sweet clover at my door. Set all dey long with golden The dewdrops linked along a blade © of grass, The bending trees." The slender vine about orch The meadow-lark at Ay that 1 thauk God, that I have In Ih Xu : Bovis le Epetpuon her knees and pulled her skirt up| + | National Government, HOW CHAMPIONS BECAME OHAMPIONS (Registered if' accordance with the Copyright Act) I watched a baseball pitcher the other day, a young man, but one who bids fair to reach the top. The outstanding point about his pitching was not his speed, the curve on the ball, the "round up" of his delivery. The oustanding feature was the coolness, the relax- ed condition-and position of his body, of his every movement when he was not actually pitching the ball to the batter, I watcher Pancho-Villa world's fiyweight champion defeat an op- ponent with ease. The outstanding feature of his work was the re- laxed condition of his body when he was not directly attacking or de- fending himself. I watched Gus Sonnenberg world's* heavy weight wrestler as he wrestled the strongest man I've ever seen in the ring. This man threw Sonnenberg through the rop- es, and over the ropes, but still Sonnenberg would quietly and slowly crawl back under the ropes and the struggle would begin again, Sonnenberg finally winning out with his famous flying tackle, ; Now what is the key note of the champion's style; what gives him the reserve energy to go on to victory? Relaxation. I have spoken before about the Chinese and their lower blood pres- sure and the lower rate at which the processes of the bodies do their work, This means that the amount of food and energy used by the tissues of the body in maintaining ordinary health is less than that required by us, because it would seem that as a people we are just a little more tensed all the time, T hat this is true was proven re- cently by Dr. H. Necheles of the University of Chicago. He showed that in Westerners during sleep the rate at which the tissues did thelr work was much slower than when they were awake, whereas in Chiness students, the | rate during sleep was not much slower than when they were awake. "On the basis of these results, it may. be conjectured that regardless of climate, the lower rate in the Chinese, is partly due to a greater degree of constant relaxation." The lesson of course is obvious You and 1, it we are to conserve our energy, if we are to be at our best mentally and physically, must cultivate this habit of relaxation. We keep our bodies tensed and alert, when there fan't the slightest need for it, and then wonder why we are so tired, having apparently done nothing to cause tiredness. Relaxing mind and body, when- ever possible will conserve our en- ergies for the time or times when they will be needed. So -------------- THAT THERE ARE TWO CLASS- ES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN MOST CITIES: THOSE WHO LIVE IN A CITY AND ARE A LIVING PART OF THE CITY AND THOSE WHO LIVE ON A CITY, GIVING NOTHING IN RE- TURN. The city booster should not be dis- couraged because the public fails to appreciate his work, The city booster must do his work P g no grati but plenty of knogks. . . Me must be satisfied in knowing that he has done his duty, There is no use to wait for city. knockers to move, reform or die; they never do it. They are long-liv. ed individuals and always on the job, A city should whole-heartedly en- ter into the spirit of community de- velopment, CITIES THAT PUT FORTH SPECIAL EFFORTS TOWARD A CLOSER SPIRIT OF COMMUN. ITY COOPERATION ALWAYS CASH IN HEAVIEST ON THE RETURNS, WESTERN DANCING BANNED IN PEKING But Chinese: Cabarets Flour. » ish for Entertainment of Foreigners Peiping, Oct. 16.~~The 'Puritan Oabinet" at Nanking, head of the has issued & mandate forbidding western style dancing in the capital, but night life in Peiping has been stimulated by the addition of a number of Chinese cabarets, Chinese girl dancing partners, sleek maidens with bobbed hair, slim ankles, silken clad and rouged lips, are available at fixed fees for each dance, : Chinese politicians who flocked to Peiping hunting for jobs when there were rumors of a new Gov- ernment here last Summer, found recreation in the foreign style hotels, all of which maintain dance orchestras and hold dances every afternoon and evening. The action of Nanking officials in cancelling all permits for dance balls or dancing in hotels, sppar~ interest on Your Savings with Safety A generous interest rate and safety go hand in hand in a Central Canada Savings Account. I.you already have & Savings Account with us, keep it growing; if you haven't, start one next pay-dey. Smell deposits, made each pay-day, will soon grow into a substantial amount at our 4% OSHAWA Branch Office : 23 Simcoe St. North interest rate on savings. More than Eleven Millions of Dollars in Assets, protect your deposits in Central Canada. Bysiness hours 9 am. to 5 p.m., including Saturdays. CENTRAL CANADA : IAN axp SAVINGS COMPANY Established 1884 F. J. Reddin, Oshawa Branch Manager TORONTO Head Office : King and Victoria Sts. 5 ASSETS OVER ELEVEN MILLIONS ently did not impress the mumicl- pal authorities of Peiping. Possibly they recalled the days when Pelp- ing was a gay capital, its pictures que streets filled with laughing men and women from many na- tions, elegantly dressed and on a constant round of entertainment. SINCLAIR BLANES FERGUSON REGINE FOR HIGH TAXES Premier Taking Roundabout Way to Enforce Town- ship Schools St. Marys, Oct 15--The opening guns in the South Perth by-election weré discharged by the anti-Fer- guson forces at a mass meeting which filled the Town Hall here last night. This seat, which was won by the Conservatives at the last gen- eral election in a three-cornered contest was recently made vacant by the death of David Bonis, M.P.P, and the Liberals and Progressives have united their strength on a single candidate, George Keith, ex« Warden of Perth, who is pitted against . the Ferguson standard. bearer, Charles Richardson, prom. inent manufacturer of St. Marys. Willlam E, N. Sinclair, K.C,, Lib- eral Leader; his first lieutenant, 8. C. Tweed, M.P.P.; Fred Sanderson, M.P., and George 8S, Keith, Liber- al-Progressive candidate, were the speakers last night, and the chair was taken by Harvey B. Webster, Secretary of the riding's Probres- sive organization, In a spirited &r- raignment of the Ferguson Admin- station, the Libéral Leader condemn ed the Premer for, he said boldly laying dhide that time-honored pris- |ciple of British government, no tax- ation without legislation and sub- stituting taxation by Governor-in- Council. "Aut at Toronto" He said that such things would go on just long as tse.people would stand for this transgression of their rights, and he intimated that in this by-election the people of South Perth will have an opportuni. ty to speak to "the autocrat at To- ronto" in terms that he will under stand. Mr. Sinclair referred to the practice of the present Government of allowing civil servants to be ac- tive in politics, provided they were working on the right side; other. wise, he said, "off go their heads," That the Government does not take a decided stand against, this prac- tice Mr, Sinclair enunciated as one of the outstanding evils of the pres- ent Administration, ~ Mr. Sinclair laid the' blame for thé prevailing high municipal taxes at the door of the Ferguson Gov- ernment. He instanced the old-age Tnstend of pais lts ful Tt share the Provincial Government, he sald, shouldered a heavy per- centage of the cost on the munici- palities. That the Province should pav all the Provincial highway taxes and take a larger share of county road upkeep was Mr. Sinclair's contention. Township Schools That Premier Ferguson is taking another way to force his pet idea of consolidated schools on the town- ships by his recently announced new scheme was claimed by the Liberal Leader. By making attendance the basis for Goernment grants, the De- partment of Education will render the present stituation financially in. tolerable for small schools. In a lengthy discussion of the Hydro sit- uation, Mr. Sinclair claimed that Mr, Ferguson is departmg from the original conception by Sir Adam Beck and other supporters of pub- lic ownership, who conceived Hydro as & means of developing electric power for the people at actual cost, Mr. Ferguson has been buying pow-| m er by retail in large blocks, instead of developing it he said. FORMER PORT HOPE DOCTOR IS JAILED Saskatoon, Oct. 15.--Dr. Donald W. Graham, formerly of Windsor, Port Hope and Fort Frances, On- tario, yesterday was sent to jail for unlawful possession of cocaine. He was sentenced to six months in Prince Albert jail, and fined $200 or three months additional in jail. He was not a licensed medi- cal practitioner. HOUDE'S FRIENDS "Mm "DREGS OF OCIETY" Ste. 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