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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1930 Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER : (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every after noon except Sundans and holidays at Osh- awa, Canada, by Times Publishing Company of Oshaus Lionel. Chas. M. Mundy, President: 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 Dailies and the Audit Bureaw of Circulations SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered .by carrier, in Oshawa and suburbs, 12 a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier deljvery limits) $300 a year; United States, $4.00 2 ear. yeu TORONTO OFFICE 518 Bond Buildin , 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. fi , Tresidder, representative. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 1930 LOOKING AFTER THE BACHELORS The eity council is to be complimented on its decision to do something for the single men of the city who, by reason of lack of employment, are in necessitous circumstanc- es. As was pointed out in these columns a week ago, these men are deserving of every consideration, yet they were given none. To all intents and purposes, they could be allow- ed'to starve, so far as pfficial generosity was concerned. This was an impossible position, and it is gratifying that the city council has recighized the needs of these men, and has decided to establish a shelter and eating place for them. Those who are charged with the respon- sibility of managing this institution have no easy task ahead of them. There will be at- tempts by many who have no claim on the city of Oshawa to partake of the generosity of the city. Indeed, the news that Oshawa is providing a shelter, and is considering the 'establishment of a soup kitchen for single men, is liable to attract such transients to Oshawa. Consistent with the calls of hu- manity, such visitors should be given little encouragement to stay here. Oshawa has quite enough tb do in caring for its own citizens, without having the additional bur- dens of transients from other communities added to its burdens. in das Yet, while this danger may exist, it is better to take care for some who may not de- serve assistance, rather than to allow a single deserving man to go without food and shelter, At this time of the year, if our civic officials are at all in the giving or relief, let it be on the side of generosity, rather than the side of parsimony, and they will meet with little criticism from the citizens. SOUND ADVICE We have just been handed a copy of a 'circular which has been sent out to all local merchants by the Retail Merchants Division of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. It is "a highly interesting document. It recites a "program of fifteen articles, and the mer- chants are advised to adopt this program "as a means of making business better. Most of the articles have to do with the interior economy of running a business of any kind, but article No. 11 struck us as being partic- 'ularly forceful. It reads as follows: 'Quite wondering why customers do - not come in to buy. You know what you have for sale, but the man outside with the money does not. Increase your ad- vertising, and maintain a sustained presssure." ; Coming from a body of progressive and successful werchants to all the merchants of the comnfunity, this reads like sound ad- vice. It is a bit of real logic, for the mer- chant who does not bother to tell the world what he is selling will have a long wait be- 'tween customers, Oshawa's merchants are to be complimented on having an advisory 'body with such foresight as is indicated in this circular, and if the advice given is fol- lowed, it will result in better business for all concerned. A TYPICAL BENNET REPLY . There will be varying opinions regarding the stinging reply which the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett has made to the statement of the Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, in the British House 'of Commons, regarding Canada's proposals for Empire preferential tariffs. These opin- ions will vary, naturally, according to the pol- ftical views of the individual. For instance, Hon. W. H., Price, speaking at the meeting of 'the Ontario Conservative Association yester- day, professed to be thrilled, and he suggest- ed that all the people of Canada wiuld be thrilled, by what Mr. Bennett had said. On 'the other hand, the Rt. Hon. W. L. MacKen- ie King, leader of the opposition in the ris parliament, was content to suggest that Mr. Bennett had had too much to say, and that if given enough rope he would ev- entually hang himself. There are the two opposite viewpoints, and individuals can choose which they prefer. At first sight, Mr. Bennett's reply to Mr. Thomas is a scathing denunciation of the attitude which the British government, as represented by the secretary for the Domin- ions, has adopted regarding Canada's plan for Empire trade. Mr. Bennett expresses resentment, and he feels that he has a right to, for was he not the father of the propos- als which were supposedly, in the heat of a, litical argument, characterized as "hum- oy He did have a right to be heated about it, for no man likes to have the child of his _ own brain described in language of that kind. So far, the British press, in a general way, has looked upon the Beunet utterance as a ji strong rebuke to the British government, as it was undoubtedly meant to be, but after more sober reflection, there is just a possib- ility that there will be a modification of opin- fon, and that ardor towards the peroration of the Canadian premier will cool off, just as enthusiasm for his Empire trade plans cool- ed off considerably after they had been sub- jected to an intesinve scrutiny. Some people, it is certain, will feel that Mr. Bennett entirely ignored what was prac- tically an apology from Mr. Thomas, when he stated, after the fateful debate was over, that the term "humbug" applied, not to Mr. Bennett's proposals, but rather to the attit- ude of the Conservative party regarding them. Now that sounds more logical than the bald utterance as it is recorded in Han- sard. It must be admitted that, in the heat of debate, some men are apt to say things which they would not say with premedita- tion, and we need only recall the famous "five-cent speech" of former Premier King as an illustration of this. Probably Mr. Thomas' "humbug" speech will go down into history along with that of Mr. King as the kind of speech that cause the downfall of governments, for, with the MacDonald min- istry in a precarious position, it might well be that the controversy which the matter has aroused will be the final straw that will break the camel's back. Perhaps that was what Mr. Bennett in- tended when he made his reply to Mr. Thomas. He is a good enough Canadian to realize that there is little to be gained in the way of concessions for Empire trade from the present government. And he is an astute enough politician to realize that if he could hasten the defeat of that government, by providing its opponents with a plentiful supply of deadly ammunition, he would be serving the cause of both Canada and the Empire. Mr. Bennett, however, can be compli- mented on having the courage of his con- victions, and on not being afraid to cross swords with the outstanding parliamentar- ians of Breat Britain. He has, at least, shown Britaiin that Canada has a mind and a will of her own, and that her representa- tives are entitled to the greatest of respect If it does nothing else, his stinging rebuke to Mr. Thomas will make British politicians a little more careful in future in their refer- iva to and their dealings with this coun- ry. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD One of the most interesting pieces of news- paper enterprises we have seen can be credit- ed to the Montreal Gazette, which a few weeks ago published, as a supplement to its regular issue an exact facsimilie of the issue of the newspaper for November 11, 1830, ex- actly one hundred years ago. In conjunction with it the Gazette published a special series . of articles on the city of Montreal as it was then. > At that time Montreal was not even a city, It had a population of about 25,000 people, yet they were people with a vision, for even then they had dreams of the great port that . was to be established there at some future time, and they chafed at the delay of the powers that be in going ahead with that pro- Ject. It sometimes does one good to look back to the pages of a newspaper one hundred years old, and to realize the tremendous pro- gress which has been made in that time. It makes one realize the gerat strides made in the business of newspaper publication, but what is even more important, it shows the progress Canada has made. It makes one realize, too, that all progress is a matter of time, and that, while we sometimes become impatient with the apparent slowness with which our communities move forward, it is impossible to foresee what the passing of even a few decades will bring. This supple- ment to the Gazette should be an inspiration to have had the privilege of seeing it, for it shows them what has been done in the last hundred years, and sets them a mark at which to aim for the next century. EDITORIAL NOTES The boys' parliament election was in some respects very much like a real election. But we do hope it was not necessary to supply cars to bring the voters to the polls. Have you cleared out the old toys in your cellar and attic? The boy scouts need them for their toy shop. It is to be hoped that the city council takes heed of the resolution of the Central Rate payers' Association, asking that only unem- ployed men be used as returning officers and polling clerks at the municipal elections. The world sas outgrown the possibility of nations being self-sufficient--Agnes Mac- Phail, only woman member of the Canadian House of Commons. In this country unless you're 180 per cent. American, they say you are 180 per cent unAmerican.--Sinclair Lewis, ' a -------- One can foresee a Fascist Europe solving in a Fascist way the problems of the mod: ern state.~~Benito Mussolini. If we are to banish war we must set our selves first of all to remove grievances.-- Chao-Chu Wu, Other Editor's Comments TIME FOR WISE SPENDING (Ottawa Citizen) One of the leading Canadian banks is urging that this is the time for wise spending, for r ble spend- thriftiness in the community, as far more desirable than needless depriva- tion, Buying will help to bring back gen- eral prosperity. Wherever people can afford to buy liberally, they are helping Canada as well as. themselves by doing so at this time. DONE BY ADVERTISING (Brantford Expositor) The will of the late Hon, P, C. Larkin amounted to $3,500,000, the bulk of which was left to his fanuly As Mr. Larkin started as a tea mer- chant in a very humble way, his suc- cess is a striking example of what can be achieved by energy, tenerprise and advertising. From practical ob- scurity he left a name that is known throughout the entire world, Bits of Humour PLANNING AHEAD Father: What are you going to do when you grow up. Little Daughter: I'm marry an engineer. Father: What? eer? Little Daughter: Oh that dour 't matter. I'll soon make him civil. -- Answers. going to A civil engin- BUT BEFORE With swift decided strokes the artist painted in the colored clouds of the lovely sunset. Prescntly he noticed an old man gazing somberly at the result of his labors. d "Ab," sald the painter, 'per. haps you, too, love the sky pletures | my friend? Perhaps yau have seen the lambent flame of dawn leaping across the livid east, the red-stain- ed sulphurous Islets floating in a lake of fire?" "No," rep! the old man, "I have not---nof*since I signed the pledge." g Flapper: "Don't you speak to him any more?" Ditto: "No. Whenever I pass him I give him the geological survey." "Geological survey?" "Yes, that's what is commonly known as the stony stare." Bits of Verse. THE HIGHWAY LEADS HOME To some the road is a weary thing, As it winds through the country's heart. The hills, they say, are hard to climb, While the cities seem far apart. But to me the roads are ribbons which tie My city and yours, you see. They let me find my way to you, And they lot you come to me. At night I love to watch the gleam Of the flashing river of stone, Slip under my feet like a steady stream, As I whirl away towards Lome. Yonder I can sce a shining eye, As It jumps from the dip in the dale, It searches. the valley and my car, And then--I'm alone on the trail. v stabe | The candles of God are hung about, On the nights that I travel alone, But the paved highway is a ribbon to me, Which pulls me along home. towards W. H.C. THAT BUSINESS CONCERNS WHO GET THE BUSINESS NOW ARE THOSE WHO USE ADVER- TISING AS THE ONE BEST DI. RECT ROUTE TO THE PEOPLE. For action, there is nothing that can take the place of the advertising columns, pon Care Eye Strain by C. H. Tuck, Opt. D. (Copyright, 1928) Optical Lenses. Part *15" When we consider that all seeing is mental, with the eye as the me- dium through which the images of objects to which we turn are trans- mitted to the brain, you will readily understand that unless these images 'are clear there cannot be clear vis fon. Some of the elements to be | considered that may be contribu- tory to indistinct images of the ob- jects toward which we appear to be looking are--Distance of the ob- ject from us--Imperfect vision to such etxent that at any distance vis- fon will appear blurred and objects indistinct--Imperfect muscle condi- tion where the two eyes fall to work steroscopieally in other words the image as seen by one eye falls to co-ordinate with the image of the other and true fusion is lost and unless only one eye is used the per- son afflicted will see double, It is possible for certain physical conditions to come to us and when we are so afflicted certain nerves lose their control and a muscle en- dition of this nature is in evidence, I recall an instance where a fall on the fcy steps and a man of sixty years falling heavily on his back saw double for several months ex- cept when wearing a correction to Interest on Your Oshawa Branch, 23 Simcoe St, North Savings with Safety A generous interest rate and safety go hand in hand in a Central Canada Savings Account. If you already have a Savings Account with us, keep it growing; if you haven't, start one properly co-ordinate the temporari- ly deranged muscles To be continued, It is the constant aim of all su cessful poultrymen to develop and maintain. high standards in the van ous phases of their work.- So m f the year's success depends uj the nu and quality of the ch | ch spring, that a that would reas x abi of the ¢ iveability of the chicks procedure of usi the breedt EKxperimen narke ! rease 1 fettinty and hatchat in f eggs has been noted Taking the figures for two con secutive breeding seasons, during the first of which straw was used for lit- ter, as against alfalfa hay during the second, the following percentages are ictly 20 per cent better ; 64 per cent better y of the tertile eggs were birds on alfalfa se on straw litter cks up to three two per obt; ( rom the ha om t Mortality of the cl weeks of age was under cent in each case. It should be emphasized that the alfalfa should be employed at litter during the winter months preceding the breeding season and the same treatment given to males and femaies OSHAWA Branch Office : 23 Simcoe St. North next pay-day. Small deposits, made each pay-day, will soon grow into a substantial amount at our 4%, interest rate on savings. More than Eleven Millions of Dollars in Assets protect your deposits in Central Canada. Business hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., including Saturdays. CENTRAL CANADA IPAN axp SAVINGS COMPANY Established 1864 F. J. Reddin, Oshawa Branch Manager TORONTO Head Office: King and Victoria Sts, ) ASSETS OVER ELEVEN MILLIONS X / Trucks on (From the Hamilton Herald) Highways One of the growing problems of | the nations is the development of road traffic at the expense of the railways which cannot or do not compete with the new form | motor carriage and delivery which | commerce has adopted. Not on ly do the railways suffer, but the taxpayer suffers also in the heavy impositions levied for the buflding of improved highways. It is true that many citizens benelit dir | from the better roadways, but | every citizen does not own a mo- tor car, and of those who do few will agree that he gets full value for his tax bill in road service, The commercial firms that ben efit from cheaper traffic for their goods may be passing on the ad vantage to thelr customers and perhaps it is accounted for to some extent in the cheapening of com- modities In general, but the rail. ways are suffering from the com- petition and one of these days the nation will find that there has been an inequitable division of costs in carriage of commodities owing $0 the increase in motor freighting. Not only in financial ways has this problem come up but the in. crease in freight traffic on the roads has become a menace to the | appeal to the motorist, and that | dreds of truck drivers may do to private motorist who finds himself pushed off the road he pays for by the huge trucks and wagons and trains of vehicles of this derevip- tion which lumber along the nighs ways and are neither courteous nor considerate in their driving manners. One point is emphasized by the railways themselves as likely to is that five times as many people are killed on the roads as on the railways, It is safter to travel by rail than to accept an invitation of a friend to go in his "metor. He may be a very safe driver, but he can not tell what somo of the hun. him, There is a growing demand for more stringent rules for the regu- la tion of truck driving on high.' ways, and the consideration of pay- ments {no this connection indicates a higher rate of license for trucks and wagons that use the highways. A recent suggestion that a twin highway should be built across the continent contains the germ of the idea that highway traffic in freight should be provided with a roadgf its own which it should be called upon to pay for and maintain. Business, comes to those ns who earnestly and diligently go after it Business concerns who are con- tinuous advertisers get the bjg end of trade because they go after busi- ness by advertising and stick with it until they get it, then keep on ad- vertising to keep old trade and gain new. The people are interested in getting the best in quality goods and service. People look to the advertisements to keep posted because it is a well known fact that continuous adver- tisers sell the best at right prices. A BUSINESS THAT HAS FAITH IN ITSELF ADVERTISES AND WINS THE FAITH OF THE PUBLIC. Value of Alfalfa As Poultry Feed Alfalfa in the green state has long been recognized as an ideal poultry feed when used in conjunction with the usual grains and mashes. It 1s only necessary to see a flock of birds rang in a young tand of alfalfa to realize that this quick-growing, tender pint ins some extraor dinary health-giving property| It is used extensively as range, or as cut een feed for birds in confinement uring spring, summer and fall nionths, in most alfalfa growing areas but the value of the hay as a winter (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sheffield, Eng, Dec. 3 -- An ex- pert on the international steel trade writing in the official organ of the Sheffield chamber of commerce, de- clares that Britain's chief rivals for the steel trade of the )world are European producers, not the steel manufacturers of America, The world steel trade at present is sev- erely depressed and not even prices cut to production cost, or even low= er, can revive it. The condition is asserted to be only temporary, "Our rivals are in Europe, not America," Ahe writer says. "The United Stfites steel trade continues to present its unique features, That country holds the most iron ore and coal; its mining and manufacturing capacity is equal -to that of any other half dozen countries put to- gether. It is supposed to have the most modern furnaces and steel mills, the most progressive manu- facturers, the lowest railway rates, land the 'most pushful salesmen in the world. But things are not what they seem. In the heavy ex- port trades America is a very weak competitor, so that the deep slump in her interna! demand for steel is mot aq genprally known, Britain and Europe Fight For World Trade in Steel does uot in the least indicate that she will or can dump big tonnages of her goods abroad. Her ore is deposited so far from her coal; her works are so far from seaboard; her railway or other inland trans- port charges are so extremely high ~--the highest in the world--that she cannot offer serious competition in neutral steel markets. Her one considerable export market is Cana- da, her next-door neighbor. By sea her exports are insignificant, Her costs are far above internation- al competitive levels." : France Going Ahead The world output of steel is near- ly 156 per cent below last year, and 20 per, cent below 1928, In the matter of production the situation is remarkable. Trance has actually made more steel in the first half of 1930 than in the first half of 1829, or any other year. The other coun- tries have made less, Comparing the first half of this year with the first half of last year, United States output has declined from 28,976, 300 toms to 23,761,700 tons; Ger man output from 8,198,400 to 6,- 479,000 tons; British output from 4,882,700 to 4,361,700 tons; Bel. gilan output from 2,007,700 to 1,- 850,000 tons; and Luxemburg out] ---- put from 1,295,100 to 1,175,400 tons; but French output has in- creased from 4,741,600 to 4,745, 500 tons, French industry is sus- tained by the immense national de- velopment scheme of the Govern- waich calls for heavy tonnage 'ud steel--naval, military, veveral, In Ger- many there is no sign of any im- + atvernal demand, vith the possible exception of rail- way steel, the Government having decided 'to grant still more money for railways. In Belgium there is a slagkness which is in marked con- trast with the extreme activity of the last few years, but the Belgians, like the French, are conducting a heavy export business. . Upward Turn Expected Hamburg merchants express the opinion that trade will take an up- ward turn very shortly, They base this opinion on the increased voi- ume of inquiries they are receiving for export tonnages and prices. To some extent markets have been af- fected by the collapse of the Con- tinental Steel Cartel's production and price control. The organiza- tion has only existed on paper, or within its own office;"for many months past. The inability of the Cartel to increase the profits ofits constituents was illustrated within 48 hours of the formation of the combine. Members ran away with the idea that output regulation and quotas and market sharing would enable them to get better prices, and they jumped their quotations by various amounts from 10s. ($2.- 00) to 20s. ($5.00) a ton, Buyers immediately indicated that they would transfer their custom to pro ducers in non-cartel countries-- Britain, America, ets.--if the pro~ posed advances were made, In the Cartel countries--Germany, Bel- gium and France--there were such protests that Government control was threatened. The Cartel meme bers found themselves in no better position to raise prices when the Cartel was formed than they were before. In support of this the Ant- werp price on merchant steel bars is given as an example, This mark fell from £5.17 to $4.5 between the middle of 1929 and September, 1930. ROBBERS LABOR FRUITLESSLY Boston, Mass.,, Dec. 2.--Strong- arm bandits, who dismantled the plumbing in the office of the Lincoln Coal Company in Cambridge in or der to spirit away. a thousand pound safe standing four feet high, had all their trouble for nothing. For when the half ton box was broken open at Revere Beach, where it had evidently been removed by truck, it was found to contain nothing but papers of no value, Papers and safe were discovered there by police on the following morning. Somehow we have learned to be- lieve that the motor cop's speedo- meter is more reliable than our own.--Otawa Journal, ' We sell drafts, money orders and cable remittances on all parts of the world--at low- €st rates. Quick service at all branches, Oshawa Branch I. W, JOYCE, Manages