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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1930 The Oshawa Daily Times ucceeding 'J THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) blished every after. fg Boss oi n , pr orp FR bg Tl rig rn AR Alloway, Managing Director, The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana- a Prat, the Cait Daily Newspapers Asso- 0 Audit Bureau of cial Dailies and the SUBSCRIPTION RATES ns. 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 ¥ TORONTO OFFICE 518 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. An ent noon except MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 1930 THE MINISTER'S VISIT The people of Oshawa have good reason to feel satisfied with the visit to the city of the Hon. Hugh A. Stewart, minister of public works, who came here to inspect the harbor on the invitation of Dr. T. E. Kaiser, and who went away greatly impressed by the necessities of the local situation. The lun- cheon tendered to the Hon, Mr. Stewart by the city council was a happy occasion, for it supplemented the impression created by the inspection of the harbor, and gave the city council an opportunity of having facts and figures of the greatest importance placed be- fore the minister. The minister of public works did not make any definite promises while in the city. It was not to be expected that he would, for, after all, the needs of Oshawa's harbor can only be considered by him in their relation- ship to the needs of the whole Dominion, and Mr. Stewart has not yet been in office long enough to make a full estimate of what is expected of his department. But although he did not make any promises, his remarks were sufficient to indicate that he realizes to the full the needs of the local harbor, and the possibilities which lie ahead of it, and which depend entirely on the action taken by his department in providing the neces- sary funds to carry on the work. What he did say, however, was sufficient to give hope to those interested that Oshawa, within the next year, will see a greater amount of work done on the harbor than has been done here- tofore. It is the stated policy of the depart- ment to make expenditures on harbors only when they are justified by traffic, and the record of Oshawa harbor in this respect con- vinced the minister that there was an urgent need for immediate development. The people of Oshawa have every reason to feel encouraged by the visit of Mr. Stew- art. They may have reasonable assurance, although he did not say so in definite terms, that the next session of parliament will see a substantial appropriation voted to continue the work of development of the harbor. The phraseology used by the minister showed that he was very favorably impressed, that he realized the needs of the situation, and that, if the people of Oshawa would continue to do their part, as they have been doing through their official bodies, then the govern- ment which he represents would be willing to do its share. THE COUNCIL FOR 1931 Speaking at a dinner given by the Cham- ber of Commerce directors on Friday even- ing, F. L. Mason, former mayor of Oshawa, made some very timely remarks regarding the responsibility which rests upon the elec- tors of Oshawa in connection with the muni- cipal elections for 1931. Mr. Mason did not intend to be critical of the 1931 council, and he did not infer that in what he said. But he was concerned. he said, over the council which would be elected for 1931. "Oshawa," he said, "is at a critical stage in its development, and is in a cri- situation as regards finances. It has great problems before it in the im- mediate future, and it would be well for the citizens to take a keen and intelli- gent interest in the men whom they are to elect to the council for next year. We must have a strong business council, and it is the duty of the citizens to see that they elect such a council." This thought is in line with the suggestions which have been put forward by The Times on frequent occasions in recent weeks, It is, unfortunately, extremely difficult to arouse the general citizenship of any community to a sense of its responsibility for the election of its public bodies. In too many cases, men ' are elected, not because of special business qualifications, but because of lodge or other affiliations, because of their popularity in certain sections of the community, or because of their political views. As a result, the business of the city suffers. We are not sug- _ gesting that this has been the case in Osh- ' awa in recent years, but one has only to look to the antics of the city council of To- ronto to realize the folly of elections given on such a basis. 5 The 1981 elections are rapidly approach- ing. As Mr. Mason pointed out, the city of Oshawa is at a critical stage. Much depends on the men who will form the council of 1981. Much depends on the thought which the people of the city give to the situation during the next seven or eight weeks. And much depends on the type of men who allow their names to go before the electors. Osh- awa never had so much at stake as it has (EE RN 1 at the present time, and with that ih mind, it is the duty of every elector to give serious consideration to the outcome ofthe coming elections, so that a council worthy of the city, and fully capable of grappling with its problems, will hold office for the next year. DECISIONS DEFERRED The Imperial Economic Conference is over. For all practical purposes, it has, for the present, been a failure, in that it has produced no satisfactory basis on which a greater measure of intra-Empire trade can be developed. The only saving factor in the situation is that the decisions of the dele- gates to the conference are not touched with finality, The major decisions were simply deferred until another session of the con- ference can be held in Ottawa next year, and during the intervening period the various governments will have an opportunity to study the important questions of policy in- volved in remaking the economic fabric of the Empire. The chief stumbling-block in the way of a satisfactory conclusion to the conference has been the refusal of the British govern- ment to change its fiscal policy in order to meet the demands of the Rt. Hon. R. B. Ben- nett, premier of Canada. That plan was ac- cepted by the delegates from the other over- seas dominions, for these are already com- mitted to policies of tariff protection. But the British government, glinging to its nom- inal policy of free trade, has not, as yet, seen the light of day with respect to the pro- tection of industry, and so Mr. Bennett's proposals are left hanging 'in mid-air. Much may happen, of course, before the Imperial conference resumes its sessions in Ottawa a year hence. The government in Canada seems fairly safe in the saddle for its normal period of existence, but it is quite within the bounds of possibility that there may be a change of government in Great Britain, for Premier MacDonald has no as- surance of any prolonged lease of life for his government, and there are sufficient indica- tions of a change of sentiment on the part of the British electorate to make it probable that his government would go down to de- feat if an election were held in the near fu- ture. The only bright spot in the. conference results lies in the fact that there is to be no change in the present system of tariff preferences. Britain has agreed to that much, and that means that the position is at least no worse than it is before. The con- ference has for the time being failed to de- velop any constructive plans for increasing trade within the Empire. Perhaps at Ot- tawa, where there will be a different atmos- phere, where the viewpoint of the Dominions may be more strongly presented, the confer- ence will be able to accomplish what it could not achieve at London. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S EFFORT Too little attention has been given to the effort which is being made by the Oshawa. Board of Education to take a part in provid- ing employment for the workless men of the city. This body has not the wide powers possessed by the city council, nor has it the financial resources to enable it to provide work on such a large scale as that body does. But it is gratifying to note that, so far as lies in its power, it is trying to give work to the unemployed, and is doing it in such a way that no extra levies will be necessary on the ratepayers. : By reason of sound business economies, the board has been able to save some thou- sands of dollars out of its appropriations for the present year. Instead of keeping that money as a surplus when the year ends, it has decided to use part of it to create work by having some necessary work done on the school grounds of the city. So the property committee, under the chairmanship of Ross McKinnon, has set in progress such work as the grading and levelling of the playgrounds at Centre Street School, and the improve- ment of the east side of the grounds at the North Simcoe Street School. Already some employment has been provided at the Ritson Road School. These projects may not be of a major char- acter, but they all contribute to the general effort to give work to the unemployed, and from this standpoint, the board of education is to be commended on its desire to give what assistance it can in bridging over the present temporary season of unemployment. EDITORIAL NOTES The "On with the Harbor" movement in Oshawa has been given a splendid start, Let it continue until the ultimate in results has been secured. If you wish to see construction in full swing, it is worth while to take a trip down South Simcoe Street to the harbor. The latest applicants for the title of the "meanest thieves" are the men who robbed two taggers of their collections on Poppy Day in Montreal. The reduction in the wheat pool payments indicates that the farmers cut the wheat but others cut the prices. ; There will be few citizens in Oshawa to- day who will question the great value of the Chamber of Commerce to the city. .__ Nee ita oie SE BCA 4 sa on - ' $ Other Editor's Contents QUOTA FOR WHEAT (Spectator (London) ) We shall not ourselves go so far as to say that a quota would not in- crease the cost of wheat or any oth- er necessary. But . , . if the Do- minions are intent upon some pref- erential transaction between them- selves and Great Britain--we here do not confine the word preferen- tial to tariff arrangements--an im- mediate loss through buying ex- pensively what we might have bought cheaply may be more than compensated for by the mere fact of achieving an agreement. There are great virtues in agreement, It would be a sorry conclusion to the Imperial Conference to send the rapresentatives of the Dominjons away disappointed and aggrieved. The reflection that we Had kept down the price of bread or wool or meat, or whatever it might be, Nou be an insufficient consola- on. MUDDLED THINKING RESPON. SIBLE (Niagara Falls Review) All newspapers are familiar with the man who claims he has been misquoted when what actually hap- ened was that he got on his feet ntending to say something, said something quite different, and sat down thinking he had sald what he intended to say, Very few report- ers are mind readers and, as a mat- ter of fact, they are recorders ol what has been said, not what was intended. Some men in public life forget that they may be talking to a much larger audience than the two or three within range of their voices. Muddled thinking is responsible for many of the claims of misquotations and few of the complaints are war- ranted by the facts. INSPECTION OF BRAKES (Kingston Whig-Standard) It does not make very pleasant reading to see how many brakes in motors have been found defective here by the traffic officers, One report last week said that out of thirty-two cars inspected in one day no less than sixteen were found de- fective. Other reports were very similar. The matter is serious; it may be even one of life or death, not only to the drivers and pas- sengers, but also to other motorists aud possibly to pedestrians, Bits of Verse IN MEMORIAM Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us {n a death 80 noble. To fetch him hence, and solemnly attend, With silent obsequy, and funmeral train, Home to his father's house; there will T build him id A monument, apd plant it round with shade Of laurel ever green, and branching palm, With all his trophies hung, and acts enrolled In copious legend, or sweet lyric song. Thither shall all the valiant youth resort, And from his memory inflame their 3 breasts To matchless valour, and adven- tures high. ~--John Milton ONTARIO REGIMENT HELD ON SATURDAY (Continued from page 1) musical ability, and the bugle band on the thoroughness of its training. He was accompanied on his visit of inspection by Col. H. F. H, Hertz- berg, CM.G, D.S.0, M.C. general staff officer; Col. C. H. Hill, D.S.0., A.A. and QM.G. of M.D, No. 2, and Lt.-Col. H. M. Hilchie, district pay- master of M.D. No. 2. Impressive Showing It has been planned to hold a series of field manoeuvres in the course of the afternoon, but owing to the fact that General Ashton had to feave early in order to attend a dinner at. Government House in the even- ing, this part of the program was omitted, and the inspection was held in the Armories. The battalion par. aded shortly before three o'clock. un- der the command of Lt.-Col, E. C. Hodgins, the commanding officer, and made an impressive showing. The Cannington company was delayed by the breakdown of the ybus conveying it to Oshawa, but arrived while the inspection was in progress, and its arrival brought the strength on par- ade up to close to 200, all ranks. On the arrival of the district officer commanding and his staff, the batta- lion was called to attention hy Col. Hodgins, and the general salute was smartly - executed. The inspecting party then went around the ranks and nspected the men individually, Gen. eral Ashton stopping to, chat for a moment with many of the men whose decorations indicated service in Great War. suff Tests Given After the tour of inspection, the battalion marched past in columns of companies and column of fours, and advanced in line to complete this part of the proceedings with the general salute. A period of intricate batta- lion movements, including the tricky battalion wheel, under Col. Hodgins and Captain Pearson, the second-in- command, followed, and the battalion was then split up into companies, and for an hour went through various types of training exercises, with and without arms, General Ashton made a keen appraisal of the work of offi- cers, N.C.O's and men, at times tak- the ing charge of a company and putting ANNUAL INSPECTION it through its paces himself. The the regimental band were all given could do, and the inspection was in every way a thorough one. At the close, the men were drawn up in front of the general, who ad- dressed them briefly, "This is not the first time I have seen this regiment," said General Ashton, "I saw it at camp, and knew it to be a good regiment, and your work today has 'substantiated that. You are drilled and trained under an in other. battalions in the Brigade, with part located at headquarters, and part in the outlying points in the district, It is a system, but of course it has its handicaps, How far you get in your training depends on the services you are willing to give your country, for you will never get anything out of this but a sense of duty to your cotintry well done, and of upholding the principles of loyalty and discipline, "At this inspection I have asked you to do more than you are accus- tomed to doing, and you have done your work well. Your marching was well done, and was very good in diffi- cult quarters, There are some de- tails in your training, perhaps, to which more attention might be given, and while that may seem critical, 1 am not finding fault. The band is well-turned out, and is a credit to the regiment, and I am glad to see your smart little bugle band. I want to congratulate those who have done the work of getting this band together. I am very well phased indeed with the most of what I have seen, and believe you are making a good, strong effort, and that your batta- lion is organized along sound lines." In addition to the general staff, Col. R, V. Conover, commandant of the 25th Infantry Brigade, and Col. Frank Chappell, brigade major, were also in attendance and assisted with the inspection, After the parade had been dis- missed the members of the regiment were entertained to supper in the ar- mories, while the visiting officers were the guests of the commanding officer and his fellow officers in the mess. Maple Leafs Blank Quakers Toronto, Nov. 17 --Under the same rules as prevailed in the open- ing game on Thursday night, 'but with the strain of the season's pre- miere removed, the Maple Leaf's turned in a much better perform- ance against the recently moved and renamed Philadelphia Quakers than they did against the New York Am- ericans, and they fulfilled a lot of the promise they gave during thelr training and exhibition games. As a result they defeated the Quakers by four goals, scoring two in each of the first and second periods, and held the visitors at bay through- out the entire 60 minutes, scoring heir second shut-out in three nights. Although the attendance was smaller than on openf night, which was to be expected on ac- count of the poor record of the ex- Pirates in teh last couple of sea- sons, it was a much more enthusias- tic crowd that drifted out of the Arena Gardens than on Tuesday. J The Leafs again turned in an al- most perfect defensive game, and Benny Grant, who defended the citadel, had only a few real hard chances to handle. At times, due to shortage in man power on ac- count of penalties, the Leafs were hemmed in their own end of the rink, but the players on the ice covered up well, and it was only oc¢- casionally that the Quakers appear ed to be in danger of scoring. It was offensively that the Leafs showed the greatest improvement in their play, and both sets of for- wards displayed a much better knowledge of the location of the blue lines, and they also displayed plenty of smart plays on the attacks, The Quakers are somewhat flattered by the faot that only four goals were registered against them, but many good chances were spoiled by erratic shooting failure to take up wel,] intended passes, and also by a number of smart saves by Joe Miller in the Philadelphia citadel, who didn't have much in the way of a defence in front of him. Had it not been for the continual back- checking of the losers' forwards the score might easily have mounted into double figures, as the Phila J6iyhia defence was rather easy to eat. Regina Rough Riders Are Western Champs. Vancouver, Nov. 17.--Western Canada football honors returned to Regina for another season, when Al Ritchie's Rough Riders defeated Vancouver Meralomas, 4 to 0, in the second game of the titular series played on a mud-soaked field at Athletic Park Saturday. It was Re- gina's second straight victory, thus eliminating the necessity of a third and deciding game. The Saskat- chewan team won the first contest Thursday night, 17 to 0. Les Canadiens Easily Defeat Ottawa Senators Montreal, Nov, 17,--.CP)~Cut- ting loose with a burst of speed with which the opposing defense could not effecttively cope, Mont. real Canadiens Saturday night sub- dued the Ottawa Senators by 5 goals to 1 in the National Hockey Lea- gue's opening game here. The lo- cal regulars were going at a mid- soason pace and were responsible for all five goals, Morenz netting two, Larochelle Jollat and Sylvio Mantha one each, Art Gagne scor- ed Ottawa's lone tally, When once it was apparent that Canadiens could hit their best gait the issue was not in doubt, and though the Senators fought back: grimly they were out-gkated. and outmanoeuvred throughout the hour's hockey. Sylvio Mantha, with one of the swerving rushes for which he has become famous, scor- ed the first goal early in the first period, rounding the defence and holding his shot until within a few feet of Connell. TET reermr ii eri bugle band, the signal section, and |, an opportunity of showing what they |' arrangement which works very well | DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE OTTAWA, CANADA November 15th, 1930. To Government Departments, Municipal Councils, Public Utility Commissions, School Boards, etc., Everywhere in Canada. Keep Tax Collections Circulating at Home! stone was cheaper. cause is shown. preference. Many municipalities have long made such labour as may have to be employed'directly on the job, local labour shall be given first call. That isonly as it should be. But if it is desirable to employ local labour directly on the job itself, isn't it equally desirable to give as much indirect employment to local labour as possible by using materials that have been produced locally? And if the necessary materials are not procurable in the locality, jsn't it then desirable, from the standpoint of developing the home market, to procure them from the nearest point in Canada where they are to be had in the quality, in the quantity, and within the time desired? A certain Canadian municipality that shall be nameless is now spending large sums of money on improvements of one kind or another, for the express purpose of providing work for its unemployed. Only a year ago that same municipality refused to sanction the use of Canadian stone for an important building it was putting up on the ground that imported The incident is typical of that peculiar situation that all public bodies are occasionally confronted with, where duty calls in two different . directions at the same time. In this case there was the urge to specify a Canadian material because of the additional work it would provide for Canadian artisans; on the other hand there was the urge to remain faithful to a trust, and to buy for the tax-payers in the cheapest market. And the die was cast in favour of the tax-payers! ! But was it a worth-while victory for the tax-payers? If that same municipality were to be confronted with the same problem to-day, would it decide it in the same way? I venture to think not! For every dollar it saved itself last year by refusing to give Canadian labour first call, it is spending hundreds of dollars this year to create jobs for Canada's unemployed! One cannot help wondering whether most of the emer, tion programme, now in full swing across Canada, could not have been obviated if those responsible for the letting of publio contracts in the past few years had shown less concern about saving the tax-payers a few dollars on the purchase of materials, and more concern about keeping the collections from those tax-payers circulating in Canada. In the calendar year 1929 alone, the construction expenditures in Canada for hospitals, schools, public buildings, bridges, dams, wharves, sewers, water mains, road building and street paving aggregated $145,000,000. How much of that was spent outside of Canada, for imported materials, it is hard to say. But even if it were only 10 percent, it would have meant a sum equal to almost three-quarters of the appropriation which the Dominion Government voted two months ago for emergency under- takings to relieve unemployment! With the lessons of the past fresh in our minds, and with to-day's grim reminder of what our neglect of an important responsibility is costing us, surely the time is opportune to suggest that you pase a resolution calling for the insertion, in all future contracts, of a clause stipulating that nothing but Canadian materials shall be used, provided that per- mission to use imported materiale may be granted where sufficient Iam not suggesting that you should deprive yourselves of the advantage of foreign competition in the purchase of materials. Foreign competi- tion must be allowed to play its part, if only to protect you in the enjoy- ment of fair prices. But I do suggest that other things being equal, or nearly equal, you see to it that Canadian materials always receive the And if you are in any doubt as to whether your ratepayers would approve such action, just spend an hour some opinions you would value! Very sincerely yours, NH on Minister of Trade and Commerce. practice of stipulating that for day ringing up those whose cy construce Western U. Win Game 9-2 From U. of T. London, Ont.,, Nov. 17.--~West- ern Ontario Mustangs finished their second season in the senior intercollegiate with a decisive 9-2 victory over Toronto Varsity at tha Little memoria] stadium on Satur- day afternoon. For the first time since Western lias entered the senior ranks, a London crowd broke out in wild exultation as the fighting Mustangs, giving their most perfect display of the season, twice tied up the score, then gain- ed a two-point lead in the final quarter and climaxed it by adding thier first major score of the 1930 race as they plunged over the Var- sity goal line from five yards out in two downs. The stage was set for Western's first try: when the Mustangs broke through to block Sinclair's kick on the Varsity 30-yard stripe. Mike Valeriotte dropping on the ball five yards out from, the Varsity line after two mates had booted the loose oval out of the melee. Valeriotte took the first rap tow ards the Varsity goal line and made three yards and with Gogino, who bad been injured and taken out, returning for the next plunge, Varsity was looking for him to do the ball-carrying but were crossed up -as Stull hurdled through the two yards and extra inches that brought the Mustangs their first major score. Mustangs Finally Capitalize It seemed almost certain that the Mustangs, who ' have had the benefit of but few breaks all sea- son, would be denied the accom- plishment of a touchdown this season since they had failed to cash in on at least three golden opportunities previously but they made the most of this chance ex- aA £) cept that Brown failed to convert the try. The Mustangs made their exit from this year's college race before the biggest crowd in Western's two years of senior football and with a display that broke down the se. date, politely-enthused atmosphere which has surrounded all previous games and had the crowd on its feet in a frenzy of enthusiasm and some exaltation. Even the Mus tangas themselves staged a demon- stration of their own, carrying Guy Hauch, who was playing his last game for the school, and Ted Ken- .nedy, captain bf the vallant Muse tang team, off the field, Of course Britain's troubles are something like ours only they aren't home made. ~Brandon Sun. Time may be money, but you should be spending more than that these days.--Border Cities Star. eb Hardwood is handled stamped. All over Canada the public preference 1m one outstanding brand "SATIN FINISH". 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