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. PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1931 The Oshawa Daily Times . Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) "An independent newspaper published every after- noon except Sundays and legal hclidays at Osh- awa, Canada, by The Times Publishing Company, of po iy Limited, 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 Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa and suburbs, 12¢, a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa car- rier delivery limits) $300 a year, United States $4.00 a year, ' TORONTO OFFICE 18 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. H, D, Tresidder, representative. MONDAY, JUNE 8th, 1931 SAVING THE CHILDREN The announcement that the Oshawa Home and School Council has undertaken to spon- sor sight-saving classes in Oshawa is~of more than passing interest. It not only marks a new departure in education in this city, but it marks the inauguration of a plan which will confer untold benefits on children who might otherwise be in grave danger of losing their eyesight completely if they had to follow the normal course of school life. Up to the present sight-saving classes have been confined to the larger centres of population, Toronto having had classes of this kind for some years. Wherever they have been operated, the results have been striking in a two-fold way--first, in preserving the sight of children whose eyes have been found defective, and second, in enabling these children to secure a much more useful education than would have been possible in ordinary school classes, on ac- count of the handicap under which they would have to labor. There are in our pub- lic schools, unfortunately, children whose eyesight is so deficient that the strain of doing ordinary school work is leading them. towards a condition of blindness. There are other cases, too, in which the children are unable to attend school because of the defective condition of their eyes. These are the children whose future will be saved to a large extent by the provision of sight-saving classes, and the Home and School Council is undertaking a wonderful work of mercy--and of saving children from a hopeless outlook on life, by sponsoring classes of this character. It is a big task, but one in which we feel sure its sponsors will have the sympathetic support of the citizens of Oshawa, who have always shown themselves ready to respond to the call for help on behalf of those less fortunate than themselves. : OLD AGE PENSIONS Since Premier Bennett announced in his budget speech that: the federal government would pay 75 per cent of the cost of old age pensions, the people of Ontario have been waifing for some pronouncement from Pre- mier Henry as to the intentions of the gov- ernment of this province. Under the old ar- rangement, whereby only 50 per cent of the cost came from the federal treasury, the system which prevailed 'in Ontario was that the province paid 25 per cent and the muni- cipalities 25 per cent. That arrangement cannot continue. It is not logical that the municipalities should still: pay 25 per cent of the old age pension payments, because that would relieve the province free from making any contribution, a situation entire- ly contrary to the intention of the federal old age pensions act. It was never intend- ed by the federal parliament, when this leg- islation was passed, that part of the cost should be passed on to the municipalities, but the Ferguson government--the only provincial government in the Dominion to do so--conceived the brilliant plan of plac- ing half of its burden on the municipalities. With the provincial share of the cost now cut down to 25 per cent, the logical step for Premier Henry and his colleagues would be to absorb the whole of this and relieve the municipalities entirely of this expense. We had expected an immediate announce- ment from Premier Henry to this effect, and that there would be no delay in letting the municipalities know that they would not be required to make any further payments an this account. It should not require any lengthy cabinet deliberations to reach a de- cision of this kind, since it does not involve any additional expense to the government, and it would be a very welcome announce- ment to the many municipalities which are struggling to keep down expenditures and tax rates. 5 THE CORNER TURNED There are few people who are in a better position than Sir Henry Thornton to ana- lyse the trend of business conditions. His position as president of the Canadian Na- tional Railways compels him to give close study to all the factors entering into fluctua. tions in business and industry. It is en- couraging, then, to note that in addressing the railway committee of the House of Commons, he expressed the opinion that the corner had been turned, that purchasing of commodities was increasing, and that brighter times were ahead. The automobile business, be said, was a good yardstick by you. which to measure business conditions, and the substantial increase in cars loaded dur- ing the past month or two as compared with a year ago led him to reach the conclusions he expressed. Sir Henry spoke wisely, how- ever, when he said: -- "It should not be inferred from that that happy days are here again, and that we are off to the races; but certain- ly times are looking better than they were." Coming from Sir Henry Thornton, a statement of this kind can be considered hopeful. He does not speak rashly, nor with over-zealous optimism. His words are rea- soned and reasonable, With this in mind, would it not be reasonable for the people of Canada to take fresh courage from what he says. The stress which he lays on the re- turn of purchasing is significant, since it bears out the oft-repeated assertion that if those who have the monetary wealth of Canada stored away in their bank accounts would spend more of it, and put it into cir- culation, the return of prosperity would be hastened. There are signs, as he says, that the corner has been turned, and what is re- quired now is a return to normal buying to send the country into high gear along the high road to prosperity. EDITORIAL NOTES "The Ontario farmer is the most highly taxed in the world today, and is urgentiy behooves the Federal and Provincial Gov- ernments, the county and township coun- cils, to do everything in their power to lighten this burden, declared Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, in a recent address. A farmer in Huron County was léading a cow across the road. A car came along and hit the animal. A court case ensued and the law said, in plain language, that the farmer was in the wrong; that he should have in some. way removed his cow from the road to allow the car to rush past at 35 miles per hour. "Once more," says the Kincardine Review, "we say emphatically, that the Ontario Highways Traffic Act does not give the farmer a square deal." The Rotarians are making great plans their annaul fair, This is one event which is deserving of hearty support, for the pro- for the proceeds are used for a splendid cause. Better late than never. There still ap- pears to be a chance that the Oshawa sub- way will be completed this summer. BITS OF HUMOR ONLY ONE LINE A bather got out beyond her depth, and her screams soon brought to the rescue the boatman whose business it was to save anyonc in difficulties, A few strokes carried him to the spot and he reached out a muscular arm to grip the poor woman, wha was just about to sink, At this moment her frantic struggles dislodged her bathing cap, which soon floated away, carrying with it, what was more precious, her wig. ; gree "Oh, save my hair," she cried. "Save my hair!" "Madam," replied the gallant rescuer, hauling her into the boat, "I am only a life saver, not a hair restorer." A BIT OF AN ERROR The gentleman from London, with a distinctly Cockney accent, was catching his first glimpse of New York's skyline from the giant liner, "Look," said his American fellow passenger, pointing to Miss Liberty, "New York and Liberty-- as American as the bison itselt." "Well, my eye!" exploded the Briton. "Deo you claim the jolly old bison as your own, too?" "Surely," the American replied. "The bison is a species of the American buffola--" "Ho! Ho!" laughed the Londoner. "If I didn't always think the bison was something to wash your 'ands in." Lady Novelist: "Darling, I have been untrue to 1 love another." we ne Husband : "W-h-a-t!"" Lady Novelist: "Calm yourself, dear. calm your- self. That is only what my heroine says to her hus- band, and I wanted to see how the husband would act," That jo BITS OF VERSE MY BABY'S HANDS Oh! little clinging hands, I love you so; Too delicately perfect to- be true; Each little curving finger satin soft, And rosy, too, Oh! is it any wonder that I feel Unworthy and afraid because you're mine, And pray a silent prayer, with all my heart, For help divine? * I love your little dewey mosebud mouth, Your silky hair and eyes so blue, so blue, And all the other blessed little things That just are you! But 'oh, what thrills me to my very soul, exquisite=--only mothers know, Are little, helpless, supplicating hands, Oh! little clinging hands, I love you so! ~Judith James. TO AN ATTIC TRUNK Year after year I see you gently resting, Old trunk so drab, all labeled, quaint and queer. Gray with the dust of Time, and no protesting Against your quiet fate I ever hear, All undisturbed, you are forever dreaming f satins, and of silks, selt-colored things, Laces and chiffons all things of Fashion's choosing, As light and dainty as a fairy's wings, No more you know a lovely woman's trusting, And glory that you knew, in distant lands; Secluded peace in yours, and, deeper rusting our locks that knew the touch of gentle hands Alas! You had not seen a Shadow straying That lingered near with eager, bated breath, You had not thought of Azrael bestraying, And luring her to sail the sea of Death , , . Farewell: T leave you to your constant brooding Of other climes and years; sweet odors stir! Perhaps she comes: and I. who am intrudine, Leave you to silence, and your dreams of her. ) w~Ailgen Ward, Eye and Eye by Cc. H. TUCK, Opt.D (Copyright 1928) Eyesight Conservation Part "7" In psuedo or false conditions of error, brought on through run- down conditions physically, over taxation of the eyes in their use or at their particular work. It may be necessary to have second or third examination before de- termining the percentage of strength best adapted to the eye under the condition then in evi- dence. Where gimple try on glass- es used in these cases the eyes would become accustomed to a certain type of lens which in many cases hastens the development of the error. When this condition fs later dis- covered and an attempt is made to remove this type of correction the eyes will fight against it be- cause they have been tricked into something which was unnecessar- ily ~stimulative rather than cor- rective. In this age of efficieney it is not necessary to replace any im- proved scientific proceedure with guess work and inefficiency. The skilled practitioner regu- lated in his practise by legislation, violaton which places his license in jeopardy and may in some In- stances aford the public ample re- course in case of malpractise, (To be Continued) D ED, .\WAITE Okla. GEORGE C. HANDY, PUBLISH- ER OF THE YPSILANTI (MICH. IGAN-. PRESS, SAYS: "When the intelligent and leval small town puchaser buys in the home town store he gets full val- ue for his money, he has the sat- isfaction of knowing that he has cheered a fellow-townsman, and there are no more deserving peo- ple in the world than these small town fellow-townsmen of yours and mine, They are the genuine, true blue kind. They work for all they get, then they don't get much. They support the church and the school and the fair and the lodge and do their hit in the community drive and the Board of Commerce and the Rotary and Kiwanis and Lions and Exchange Clubs. They are first on the list when contributions are needed and last too often when there are purchases to be made. Yet they continue to serve. When guests arrive unexpectedly the butcher responds to a telephone request for a little after-hours service and the grocer runs up with a yeast cake or an extra bottle of milk but we expect that No one loses any sleep ahout such calls the grocer get, "Why just the other day a de- partment store dealer in Ypsilan- ti made a special trip out of town to his wholesale house for an emergency order needed by a fam- fly in which thers had been a death. Then he helps the widow- ed mother with funeral arrange- ments and leaves his store and uses his car to take relatives of the afflicted family to and from the cemetery; even though the burial is in another city, He thinks nothing of it. That is just a part of a small town fellow townsman's life. the butcher and "Yes sir, these small town mer- chants are true blue, I tell you, and they deserve a Tot more con sideration' than they get, And the funny part about it is that 1 is good business from a purely economia standpoint to trade with them, THEY naive yoo BACK ALL YOU SPEND I TRUTHFUL MERCH AND sy AND IN SERVICE AND FRIEND. SHIP A WHOLE LOT MORE." | CONSIDERS PLANS 10 REDUCE SPEED Saskatchewan Cabinet Min- ister Suggests Limitation of Gears on Cars (By The Canadian Press) Regina, Sask., June 6.--Speed laws may be spurned for a more certain means of cutting down the rate of automobile highway traf- fie, if plans being considered by the Saskatchewan government are put into effect. Hon. W. J. Bry- ant, minister of public works has intimated that the government is considering a scheme to govern motor traffic speed through gear- limitation or governors. Increasing accidents in the pro- vince in the highways are bring- ing higher accident insurance costs, Mr, Bryant mentioned, out- lining the reason for the plans in mind. He suggested two new plans of cutting down gpeed: By regula- tions governing gearing and by ap- plication. of governors adjusted under government supervision, The mention of gear-limitation by Mr. Bryant is given added sig- nificance in view of the fact that it was made only a few days after a somewhat similar comment by Hon, Géorge 8. Henry, premier of Ontario. Mr. Henry, who is a plo- neer advocate of good roads, and safe motoring, suggested that if speed laws were found to be un- availing, it might be necessary to gear-down motor cars so that they could not exceed a legitimate rate. READER'S VIEWS CHANGING THE CALENDAR Editor of Times, Dear Sir:-- In your fssue of last Saturday, I read your editorial on changing the calender. Would it not be wiser for "The League of Nations" to find some- thing more important td attend to. I am not aware of any em- ployer finding it. difficult to know when his employees pay comes due, and they - always seem to know just how many days to keep back. They seem to have no difficulty in giving them all the public holidays as they come around. Neither do we as citizens, find it hard to remember when rent day, tax day and all the other pay days calling for our money come around, But, and you might spell it thus B-U-T, our difficulty is to find the withal to meet these needs, The League of Nations might do better by solving this problem. Let them get busy and clean up on some of the coms mercial graft existing throughout the world. There seems to be considerable stir of late concerning Atheism and Communism? What is athe- ism but a form of "unbelief in God and His Word." Many people find apparent contradictions in God's Word and as they do not either take time or have the inclination to study the thing through. Satan, glad of the opportunity, makes them doubt God's word, ete. What has this to do with the calender? We are getting along very nicely as things are, but a change might cause unforseen complica- tions to arise. Let me givy you an example where changing days has caused confusion and unbe- lief to many as the years have rolled by. We commemorate our Lord's Death on a Friday, known | as Good Friday. Acgording to | pture it was about 3 p.m. He died and "rose" again the "third day"--sald third day was the first day of the week (Sunday) and it was early while it was yet dark, John 20, 1. Further, Jesus Himself said that as Jonah was number of | the | three days and three nights in the whale"s belly, go shall the Son of Man be---three days and nights in the heart of the { earth, Matt. 12 40. See also | Matt, 26 : 61; Matt, 27 : 40, 63; Mark 8 : 21; 9: 31; 10 ; 34 and 15 29; Luke 24 3.21, Now, Mr. Editor, neither you nowl or any High School teacher, can by any mode of reckoning "ancient" or "modern"--make from 3 p.m. Friday to the dawn of Sunday morning--three dave and three nights? Did Jesus lie when he made that statement in Matt, 12 10.7? Professor 1., Marshall was ask- ed to explain the problem when he addressed the Baptist Con- vention in Oct, 1927. In the re- port of his adcpess, page 16, he replied that he had not the slightest doubt that Jesus died Friday p.m, and rose at. dawn Sunday a.m. In other words he might as well said Jesus led. This from a professor of reli- gion paid to teach students how to preach God's Word! No won- der there's atheism, when such scholars cannot explain the truth to us, The church at one what is known as the "Paschal Controversy", To be briet our Lord was crucified on the 14th of Nison according to God's Word, Now, like the 14th of any month it does not come on the same day every year, The church, like The League of Nations, took the no- tion to want to fix the date of the crucifixion so that it would always come on the Friday pre- vious to the 14th of Nigon. (They are wanting to do the same with Christmas Day), Well, opinion was divided, but the new idea won. Had they fixed on Wed- nesday instead of I'riday, they would have saved making ship- wreck of the faith of many at this point. Now, in closing may Jd point out the Scripture on the matter, Our Lord died on Wed- nesday at 3 p.m. (It is necessary to keep in mind these people were Jews, the passover was a Jewish ceremony and the days like Creation days--the evening and the morning were the 1st day, etc.--s0 Wednesday evening of the crucifixion would be Thursday night to the Jew) Thursday night would be Friday and Friddy night would be Sat- urday night (commencement of the Jewish Sabbath) and Satur- day night would be Sunday night (1st day of the week) and the night 'coming first explains why It was dark in John 20 : 1, Three nights exactly! Then you have all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday--three days exactly. But, says sO0meone, in Mark 15: 42 it says Jesus was cruci- fied on the day before, the Sab- bath, so it must be Friday What else does it say? Why, it says that it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath Preparation of what? The Dass. over! The first day of the pass- over week was always a Sabbath no matter what day it came on and its date the 15th of Nison See Exodus 12 : 16, Lev, 93 » 7. The 156th of Nison as I have al ready shown was then a differ. ent day each year and it must have come on a Wednesday, the year our Lord died. God says His Word is true. If such complica- tions can arise religiously by the fixing of a memorable date, it is hard to say what might happen religiously, nationally, commer. cially, /4t the whole calender was changed, * I sincerely hope it will be pos- sible for the people to have a say in the matter, Thanking you, once 'again for space. Yours sincerely, Frank Dauzey, | three time had CANADIAN TRADE IN CHINA GROWING Favorable Results Arising Out of Visit Made by Canadian Mission Canton, June 6.--Favorable im- pressions are imbedded in the minds of Chinese merchants as a result of the visit of the Cana- dian Trade Mission under the di- rection of John M. Imrie, of Ed- monton, Alberta. Steps are un- der way to expand trade relations between Canada and China, ac- cording to merchants here and in other commercial centres, As the Canadian Mission visit- ed all the big cities in China, they opened their eyes and ears to all the trade possibilities in this country. The friendliness of the Chinese people was shown by the numerous entertainments in honor of the Canadian guests, though many Chinese merchants regretted that they did not stay longer as in the case of the Brit- ish Economic Mission. A section of the Chinese press protested against promotion of Canadian-Chinese trade on the grounfl that the Chinese residents in the dominion are not well treat- ed and that there are exclusion laws against them, but this feel- ing is more or less assuaged by the persuasion of the Canadian Mission on Ottawa to modify the laws regarding Chinese immi- grants, if they are hona-fide mer- chants or students. 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Un- til the coming of the Canadian Misgion, Chinese thought very little about trading with the dom- infon across the Prgific, but since there is no outst.) .ding dispute between the two countries mer- chants here believe it possible to increase the flow of trade between the two countries, "Canada has all the transporta- tion facilities," declared a prome- inent member of the city Chamber of Commerce, "Her railroads are among the best in North Am- erica, and her steamships coming to China'e shores arc the fastest and biggest, With these factors, it is possible to establish immense trade relations with Canada." China has to consume a lot of goods from abroad, thongh she is making an effort to develop her own industries. She depends upon Great Britain, the United States and Germany for machin- ery, but Canada can supply flour, timber, paper and fishery products which are in great demand here. Owing to the civil war during the past year agricultural work was upset, and China to-day has to im- port a large quantity of rice from Bangkok and IndoChina. Canada is gradually extending her trade in Chinese cities. In~ surance companies have been es- tablished, and a Canadian trade commissioner is located in Shang- hai and Hong Kong. With estab~ lishment of peace in China, trades- men here look forward to doing more business with Canada, At the same time Chinese silk, em- broidery, tea and rugs would find a good market in Canada, as their quality is high and price very low. A reluctant young man was be- ing medically examined as to his fitness for military service, He pleaded that his sight was weak. He could not read the type on the officer's test card. larger type was held up, but still he could not read the tyre on the officers test card. The officer then held up a huge tin tray about a foot from his nose. "Can you see that?" he manded. "Yes," was the meek reply, "What is it?" 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