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i i Zw PAGE FOUR ' \ HE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1930 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent mnewspa: blished every afters noon except Sunda 0d fegal holidays at Osh- a by The Times Publishing Company. a ry eh Chas. M Mundy, Presidents A. R. Alloway, Managing Director. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana- dian Press; the Canadian Daily Newspapers Asso- ciation, the Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ; Delivered by carrier, in Oshawa and suburbs, 12¢c a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $3.00 a year; United States, $4.00 a years. TORONTO OFFICE : 518 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1930 TWO MINUTES SILENCE Since the war closed, it has become the 'custom, by request of His Majesty the King, to observe two minutes of silence at eleven o'clock on the forenoon of November 11, in reverent memory of the men of the Empire who gave their lives in the Great War. At the Empire's cenotaph in London, England, this two minute period of silence has become an historic and impressive moment, with the king and members of the royal family giving leadership in its observance. In many places in this country, however, it has been very poorly observed. Perhaps sufficient stress has not been laid on the significance of the two minutes of silence, on the cessation of all activities for that brief space of time, as an act of homage to the Empire's heroes. In Oshawa, a city which is noted for its loyalty, it has, in years past, been a reproach on the city that the silent period has been practic- ally overlooked. This year, however, an effort is to be made to have the request of the king observed in Oshawa as it ought to be. The war veterans themselves are giving leadership to this ef- fort, because they feel that it is but a slight tribute that can be paid to their comrades lying in graves overseas. But the general citizenship of the community should need no to halt for two minutes in their ac- tivity to bow their heads in remembrance. Perhaps it is hard to remember just at the time, but surely the sacrificé of two minutes is not to be considered in comparison with the sacrifice of those who gave all they had to give. Let us have a real and reverent observance of the two minutes of silence next Tuesday. Let these two minutes be devoted to prayerful thought of those whose lives were given in the Empire's cause, and the memory of these minutes will be lasting. NEW TRADE CHANNELS It seems to be taken for granted that the Imperial Conference has failed to attain its chief objective, that of creating an empire- wide system of trade preferences which would result in the building up of empire trade on a large scale. No such plan could be fully effective without the complete par- ticipation of Great Britain, and while its present government remains in power, there can be no hope that such a plan will be adopted That fact, however, does not do away with the possibility of the making of trade agree- ments which will be beneficial to Canada, and to the other Dominions within the Em- pire. These countries still have the power to make agreements with each other, and it s that they are now concentrating their attention on this objective. It should be quite possible for Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia to reach agree- ments which will be mutually beneficial, and which will perrhit each of these countries to find markets for goods of which they have an exportable surplus. ; In addition, Canada is moving in other di- rections. It is decidedly interesting to note that an agreement is being sought with France, by which that country will be given concessions in return for an agreement to absorb a large amount of Canadian wheat. And Canada's chief need at the pre- sent moment is an extension of the available markets for her surplus of wheat. This leads one to believe that Canada will not be satisfied to regard Great Britain as its only market for large quantities of wheat. By reciprocal agreements, although that term might still be distasteful to the present administration, it should be possible to up new markets for wheat and wheat products. It is unfortunate, of course, that the Imperial Economic Conference has fallen short of what was hoped for it, but that should not tie Canada's hands completely, and there must be a continuance of the ef- to widen the markets for wheat to such Sn that there will be no difficulty in disposing of the exportable surplus. ~ DEPRESSION AND ELECTIONS ublican administration in the va Hn has been dealt a heavy blow in the elections held there on Tuesday. The Democrats have gained to such an- extent that the former majority of 103 in the House of Representatives has been wiped out, and there is a possibility of a Democratic ma- jority. . The Republican majority in the Senate 'has also disappeared, and it looks as if a Republican president will hold office for the next two years with a Congress opposed Bo Dim al Britain, the Labor party has sus- tained a severe setback in the municipal 1 elections, which over there are conducted very largely along political lines. The Con- servatives, on the other hand, have won a sweeping victory in these elections, showing that they are gaining strength at the ex- pense of the party which is now in power in parliament, 4 These governmental reverses are what might be expected during a period of depres- sion. Whether a government is to blame or not for unemployment and depression, it usually suffers when these conditions pre- vail. This was true in Canada in 1921, when depression defeated the Meighen govern- ment. It was true again in 1930, when Pre- mier Bennett was swept into office because of the unemployment situation in this coun: try. It was true in Britain in May of 1929, when the Conservatives were defeated be- cause the Labor party attacked them on ac- count of the growing unemployment, and now the tide seems to have turned against the Laver party because that depression still exists, It seems to be the general rule that, in times of depressed conditions, governments are hardly likely to survive general elections. The general spirit of dissatisfaction which prevails at such times is too much for them. Thus history is only repeating itself in the Democratic victory in the United States and the Labor reverses in Britain, and the out- look for the MacDonald government, should an early appeal to the electorate of Britain be necessary, is not very promising. LABOR IN POLITICS Possibility that Canadian Labor may en- ter the political field is voiced in a despatch from Vancouver. This report calls attention to the fact that organized Labor, as a separ- ate political entity, has made very little im- pression on the political life of Canada. There have been individual Labor men who have secured election to the federal and pro- vincial parliaments, and on one occasion, in 1919, a sufficiently large group was elected to the Ontario Legislature to give it the right of representation in the government of Premier Drury. But, on the whole, Labor candidates have made practically no impres- sion on the hold of the two main political parties on the electorate of Canada. The Progressives, even, have had a much greater measure of success than the Laborites, but their way, toq, seems to have passed, and Canada is again settling down to the two- party system of government. It may seem strange that while Labor has done such wonderful things in Great Britain, in Australia and New Zealand, and in sever- al of the European countries, it should have made no headway in Canada. This is due, if it can be due to anything particular, to the fact that Canada is not a highly developed industrial nation, as yet, although it is head- ing in that direction, and to the added con- dition that Canadians are very largely a con- tented people. Labor parties have risen to positions of political eminence in other coun- tries because of great dissatisfaction with things as they were, but there has not, ap- parently, been that incentive to turn Can- adians away from the two main parties. In fact, one can hardly conceive of circum- stances arising in Canada which would lead to the two main parties being forsaken to 'such an extent as to place the Labor party in a position of power such as it occupies in Britain. . Organized Labor has, of course, had a very definite effect on the trend of govern- ment in this country, and has been able to secure many splendid social and labor re- forms. Perhaps the very fact that it has been so successful while remaining outside the political sphere is responsible for the fact that it has preferred to stay there. Large organized bodies are finding today that they can wield a strong influence in guiding the trend of legislation without tak- ing part in politics, and it may be that Labor would be well advised to remain in that posi- tion, rather than run the risk of getting in- to political squabbles and thereby losing the power which it possesses today in an indirect way. EDITORIAL NOTES A food expert predicts that complete meals will soon be sold in packages. What a godsend these would be for harassed editors and reporters. "Doctors say a man is no older than his stomach lining, but his chances of growing 4 SJegend more on his brake lining.--Bran- on Sun. Have those odd jobs about the house and office done before the freeze-up. Honor the dead by helping the disabled. Buy and wear a Poppy. Roads have been improved, gasoline and oils have been improved, so now it is time that something were done to improve the drivers. ~ If Oshawa seems deserted on Saturday afternoon, we will have to blame the popu- larity of Canadian football for the exodus. The most popular man in town today is the chap who has a couple of extra tickets for the Queen's-Varsity game. St. Thomas is reducing the number of its aldermen from eleven to seven. Maybe Osh- awa will see the wisdom of a similar move some time in the distant future. : L] -- Other Editor's Comments THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS (Ohio State Journal) Bringing up children has certain- ly become more complex with the onward march of civilization, and it wasn't so many years ago that practically the only worry a mother had was to keep the children away from the horses' heels. INSULT AND SLUR (London. Advertiser) Speaking in Hespeler against the election of an Opposition candi- date in the South Waterloo by-elec- tion, A. M. Edwards, M.P., for that constituency, said. "Altho' it is Mr, Euler who was elected in North Waterloo, it is Kar] Homuth who is the representative." That is an insult to North Water- loo which people of £11 parties should resent. It is a degrading conception of the status and duties of a representative in a legislative body, Mr. Edwards says by inference that there should be no Opposition members either at Toronto or Otta- wa, and that a member is useless unless he has the ear of the Govern- ment. When he himself sat {in Op- position for years he would have protested against any such slur, OATS AS FUEL (Farmers' Sun) It is interesting to note a state- ment of E. B. Ramsay, chief of the Capadian board of grain commis- sioners, that there is in the west a return to the use of the horse. Oats at ten cents a bushel, he says, are a cheaper fuel than gasoline at twen- ty cents a gallon. The horse never wears out because there is his pro- geny to carry on, while machinery is never paid for because its life is so short that replacement is too of- ten necessary. Moreover, it is likely that, in any exigency, gov- ernments will have recourse to the direct taxation of oats to pay the charges of the public debt and make good times. If sucha change real- ly takes place, it will presently tend to cause unemployment in the farm implement factories and so will oblige higher taxation of gasoline. It will show, at all events, the in- fluence of small economies. Bits of Humour TRANSFORMATION Little Miss Muffet decided to rough cabin quite' old and medieval; A viper espled her, and plied her with cider, And now Shey the forest's prime evil. In a TOUGH PROBLEM Sandy, the stone mason Was drawing $12 a day, but when his brother from the country asked him how he was situated he shook his head. "But your job's a good one, ain't it?" said the brother. "Sure is," said Sandy, "How about the hours " "Short." "And the work?" "Pleasant." "What the trouble then?" "The wages--that's the trouble." "But, holy smoke--" "The wages, that's the trouble," growled Sandy. 'They're go darn alsn, I can't afford to take a day oft." BRAVE FELLOW Stalwart Man (bursting into a dentist's office)~--Now, look here, I've got no use for those new fangl- ed notions, and all that rubbish. The tooth"s given a lot of trouble. It has got to come out. Now, all you've got to do is to yank it out understand, just yank it out. Dentist--Well, you're a plucky chap. Just have a seat in the chair. Stalwart Man--Oh, it {sn't my tooth. It's my wife's. She's downstairs, BAD FOR BURGLAR The chief constable of a small town was also a veterinary sur- geon. One night the telephone bell rang. The chief constable"s wife answered it. "Is Mr. Blank there?" agitated voice. "Do you want my husband in his capacity of veterinary surgeon or as chief constable?" inquired the wo- man rather pompously. "Both, madam," came the reply. "We can't get our new bulldog to open hig mouth, and---there's a burglar In it." said an FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF Visitor--""I suppose this rain will do the crops a lot of good?" Farmer--'Ye're right, sir. An hour of it will do more good in five minutes than a month of it would in a week at any other time." Bits of Verse | A LITTLE MAIDEN There is a little maid that twirls My heart upon her fingers, As airily as doth the bush / The latest leaf that lingers When summer time is spent. Her heart! I'd scarce believe she had one; And I should know, for after it My chase has been a sad one, But when the slightest thing that calls For sympathy appears There's something---it must be her heart-- That fills her eyes with tears, Her hair is like the golden plenty Of the sunlight falling; Her voice is music like the echo Of a song bird calling. In tender ways she spends her days All good things to discover; But words of mine can only give The poorest picture of her. She treats me so, at times I'm sad To think I ever met her; And yet, no matter how I toy, I cannot quite forget her. J. P. Holland, editor of the Water- town, Wisconsin, Daily Times, told me about the chicken and goose in- dustry in that section of the country, It is very interesting. I am quoting My. Holland: "The country about Watertown is noted for its poultry production, hay- ing a nation-wide reputation for the excellence of its dressed ducks and geese which are marketed from be- fore Thanksgiving time until Christ. mas. "Besides the dressed poultry ship- ped annually, the shipment of live chickens carries on all the year around, finding ready markets in Chicago and Milwaukee and most all of it is shipped alive in crates on mo- tor trucks. The chickens are gather. ed from a wide range of territory about Watertown and afford the farmer a constant cash crop, "But Watertown is best noted for its stuffed geese which are marketed annually before Christmas on orders received earlier in the year, And the farmers who stuff them do so upon orders received from the local deals ers, These geese are stuffed with noodles about three weeks before be- ing delivered, the noodles are made of flour and corn and after being moistened are stuffed down the throat of the geese at intervals of a few hours, thus producing extremely fat fowls with large livers. The geese sometimes weigh as high as 36 pounds and livers have attained a weight of three pounds. THE GEESE ARE PRIZED FOR THEIR FAT WHICH 1S USED BY THE JEWS IN PLACE OF BUT- TER AND THE LIVER IS MADE INTO PATE DE FOIE GRAS." Eye Care Eye Strain by C. H, Tuck, Opt. D. (Sopyright, 1928) THE RELATION OF DEFECTIVE EYES TO HEALTH. Part "18" In earlier use of the Ophthalmos- cope more than at the present Mydri- 1 atics (drugs which dilate the pupil) were used .s a part of the procedure with its use for eye examination, but on account f She disadvanta, 8 such as t being able to properly finish the Brion due to the dilated condition of the pupil and the parti- ally paralyzed state of the muscles will take a few hours drug subsides. Bins thanks to experience and efficiency in these examinations the user can get a clear picture of what he wishes to see without incomven- iencing the patient with the use of drugs. Drugs are now more limited to certain cases as a method of treat ment and are not a necessity in every case. In fact it would be a criminal measure to use a My-driatic in every case on account of the evil effects shown in cases of Glaucoma where the dreaded disease is hastened by its use. And the symptoms of its existence may not be noticed with- out the dilation of the pupil (To be Continued) MAGHINE 15 NOT CHIEF OFFENDER IN UNEMPLOYMENT Mergers and Modern Produc- tion Basis Blamed by H. C. Hudson Toronto, Nov. 7.--"The machine has not been responsible, to any considerable extent, for unemploy- ment in Canada during the present depression, nor has the mechanjza- tion of industry, or the substitu- tion of machines for the manual worker, yet devcloped to a point whore it can be considered a reri- ous factor in the employment prob- lems of Ontario," declared H. C. Hudson, general superintendent for Ontario of the Employment Service of Canada, in an interview with the Canadian Press. Mr. Hudson stat- ed his experience indicated the now production basis created by the ma- chine, and the merger and amalga- mation policy of business had been responsible for a great deal more unemployment than the machine us a labor displacer in Ontario. "Where mechanization of indus- try ras affected employment, is in the ebb and flow of employes through the factory gate," said Mr. Hudson. "The old tendency of stable employment is rapidly being replaced by the hire and fire policy as industry operates more and more on a hand to mouth production ba- sis, It has long been taken for granted there is a high labor turn- over in the larrer centres. Con- versely the men employed in indus- tries in smaller cities and towns in the past have felt, once they se- before the |} $1.25 NEXT P.O. FULL STRENGTH Karn's Drug Store fr TE TE SEE a Radiator Alcohol Anti-freeze NEW PRICE per gal. PHONE 378 cured employment, they were 'set for life.' During the past six months many of these older employ- es, some with 20 to 25 years of ser- vice behind them, have been laid off indefinitely and had their whole echeme of living upset by the sight of younger men replacing them in jobs they had regarded as their rightful property. Firms with in- surance and pension systems hesi- tate to employ older men for the obvious reason of a higher insur- ance rate or a shorter service term before penelon age is reached." CANADA MAY GET GLASS INDUSTRY Window Glass Concern in U.S. Considering Can. adian Branch Ottawa, Nov. 7.--Canada may yet have a window glass industry, as a prominent United States glass concern has written the Govern- ment they are prepared to build and operate a glass plant {in Canada un- der adequate protection. Tre agreement with the Hamil- ton concern to operate the glass plant in that city if there were cer tain tariff concessions was not sue cessful and the duty imposed on glass at the emergency session was removed. Representatives of the United States firm now proposing to operate a glass factory will meet Hon. E. B. Ryckman in a few weeks, ANIMAL ACTIONS PREDICT OPEN FALL New Liskeard, Nov, 7.--The ani- mals, great and small, of Temiska- ming, together with the fish that swim in {ts streams, are agreed that the present Autumn season will prove a real open Fall, according to W. G. Armstrong, the game war- den for the district, and a veteran resident of the north country, Mr, Armstrong said today that the wea- sels and rabbits are late in crang- ing their Summer fur for the white covering with which they face the Winter, the moose are calling be- yond their usual time and the fish have been spawning at a later date than is customary. ei ------ Winter, with its coal and snow shovels, was placed on this earth to prepare some men for the hereafter, ----Kingston Whig-Standard. HE KNEW HE WAS SAVED Evening rates on "Anyone" (station-to-station) calls now begin at 7 p.m. Night rates begin at 8.30 pom. Just give "Long Distance" the num- ber you want--it speeds up the service. If you don't know the distant number, "Information" will look it up for you, H. M. BLACK Manager. Miles from anywhere -- and a car that refused to work. And Dorothy was expecting him home before night. She would be sure to imagine he had been killed. Jim was as upset as a man can be until he saw the telephone line running into the farm-house on the hill. Then he knew he was saved. A few minutes later he was explaining to Dorothy and three minutes after that, he had a garage man on his way to the rescue from the next town. Instead of hours of trouble and worry he was only a bit delayed. And his two calls hardly cost him the price of a movie. In an emergency, turn to the telephone. Out-of- town calls are not only simple, dependable and inexpensive, but they are quicker now than ever before. And any telephone -- in the furthest backwoods -- will connect you with anyone, almost anywhere. Ee Si Si) sao) ass