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The Oshawa Daily Times ; THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) independént mews lished every after Au ind gi Sundar. id holidays at Osh- Can y, imes, ng Company, be ir Be ed. Chas. M. Mundy, President, A. R, Alloway, Managing 'The Oshawa Daily Times is 2 member of The Cana. dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspaper. 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 mall 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, Director. SATURDAY, JUNE 20th, 1931 A SURPRISING RECORD The record of deposits in the Penny Bank conducted in the schools of Oshawa is am- azing, in view of the conditions which have prevailed in the city since this bank was established last September. Since then, up to the end of April, the children of the city have deposited -in the Penny Bank a sum of approximately $10,000, at a time when employment conditions were far below nor- mal.- It is of even greater integest to note that the amount on deposit in the bank in Oshawa is considerably above that de- posited in such cities as Belleville, Owen Sound, Windsor, Kitchener, Stratford, Tor- onto, Chatham, Ottawa and Sudbury, in proportion to their school population. This record would indicate that the chil- dren of Oshawa, and their parents as well, are learning the value of thrift. This is an excellent thing, for lessons learned during times of adversity are usually carried for- ward for many years. One feels like quot- ing from Shakespeare's comedy, "As You ike it," "Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head." If the period of adversity which has been experienced in Oshawa has taught the peo- ple the lesson that it is worth while to save even a little money, then something good will have come out of it. And the Penny Bank's record gives some justification for believing this to be true. Those who were responsible for the es- tablishment of the Penny Bank in Oshawa Aare now seeing their beliefs that it would be a good thing for the city justified. While the board of education sanctioned its estab- lishment in the schools, much of the credit for this step is due to the interest taken in it by J. Carrol Anderson, one of the mem- bers of the board, who is now a director of the bank. To him should go the thanks of those who are finding the bank of benefit in teaching the lessons of thrift, and who have, by reason of its institution in the city are able, from week to week, to lay aside a little, for the "littles" soon mount up to a substantial sum that will, in due time, be found very useful in tiding over diffi- culties, PROMOTING TOURIST TRAFFIC The term- "goodwill tour" has become much abused in recent years owing to its being used on the slightest pretext when- ever prominent people happen to visit some country rather than their own. It was used, however, in the proper sense in rela- tion to the party of motoring enthusiasts which passed through the city on Friday forenoon, and which was given an official welcome by Mayor Marks and other citiz- ens. Headed by Dr. P. E. Doolittle, the pioneer motorist, this party was bent on a areal goodwill mission, that of showing to - a group of representatives of United States motor clubs the sort of welcome their com- - patriots could expect when touring through Ontario. As a matter of fact, this tour of Ontario by United States motor club officials, pro- - moted by the Ontario Motor League, should \ play a definite part in creating a better spirit of goodwill between United States motorists and the people of Ontario. This province, in recent years, has benefitted to . the extent of hundreds of millions of dol- lars by tourist trade from the United - Btates. Yet it is recognized that this traf- fic can be develgped to a much greater ex- tent than at present. That is the mission which the Ontario Motor League undertook . 40 sponsor in promoting this goodwill tour, and in inviting the motor club representa- tives the United States to join in it. ~ We are quite confident that these visitors . from the other side of the line will be el with Ontario and its people, by _ Ontario scenery, and by the reception they receive in the various communities at which : ~~ they stop. And being charmed themselves, they. will take home with them, to their friends and their club members, the good i what a wonderful province Ontario, nd it possesses, and qualities of hospitality they have = its people, Knowing Ontario as | do, we are, as we have said, confident this will bé the result of the tour. ent in this province by the vis- ill tours of this nature are rs, for the tourist trade has nr from which the ++ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931 . * province of Ontario is reaping a rich re- ward, and any effort which will produce that result is worthy of the highest com. mendation, THE BUDGET PASSES By a majority of 30, the budget propos- als pf the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, minister of finance, were adopted by the House of Commons. It was a foregone conclusion, of course, that this would happen, for on questions of this kind the voting is along straight party lines. But the opposition parties have had their fling, have presented their amendment and sub-amendment, and have placed themselves on record in Han- sard, at great length, as being opposed to the contents of Mr. Bennett's budget. Thus the annual farce has been reported, as it has been from the beginning of party poli- tics in Canada. The budget debate means nothing, save an opportunity to the orators of the House of Commons to tell what they think about it. Not a single vote is changed by the spate of oratory. Every member knows as soon as the budget is introduced exactly how he is going to vote, and the days and nights spent in debate never alter that decision in the slightest. Nevertheless, it woul® seem like high treason to suggest that the budget debate be eliminated entirely, and that the mem- bers should be asked to vote on it as soon as it is introduced. The result would be exactly the same as after weeks of argu- ment, and just think of the saving of time, --time that might be devoted to getting on with the real business of the country. That would be a common-sense way of do- ing things, but it is only very rarely that common-sense and politics will mix well, and as a rule politics of the partisan type must take first place. The tradition that the budget debate must he one of the lead- ing features of every session of the House of Commons has come down from the stor- ied past, and tradition must be maintained, apparently, at all cost. But it would be a pleasant shock if, some year, we could have a house of commons that would forego the doubtful pleasures of indulging in a lengthy debate, the result of which is always known before it is started. EDITORIAL NOTES The firemen's convention has come and gone, and the visiting delegates did not have the opportunity of seeing the local de- partment in action at a real fire. They did, however, see what a splendid job the Osh- awa department could do in entertaining. The evils of enforced leisure are almost as bad as the evils of enforced labor.--L. P. Jacks of Manchester College, England. Fr ------ The average man in America is economi- cally better off and has wider liberties and broader opportunities than in any previous decade in our national history.--Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde. ® Germany can, with absolute right say that she has not neglected conscientiously to fulfill the disarmament obligations im- posed upon her by the treaties.--~Chancellor Heinrich Bruening. In no country are conditions so good or prospects so fine as in the United States.-- Thomas W. Lamont. Nature knows no such thing as equality. --Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. ter than a comfortable routine that keeps them in % and clothes and does not re- quire too gr an exercise of brain matter. --Ida M. bell. BITS OF HUMOR Judge -- "You have been arrested 15 times for theft. Can't you leave off this vice?" : ; . Accused--"It is my only means of earning a liv- ing." » "Did yer notice that Mrs, 'Iggins 'as got a black heye." 7. "Yus, an' I say it ain't respectable--with 'er 'us- band not out of jail for another week yet." "Some men have no idea of the duties of a fin® ance" says a woman writer in a magazine. There is, for instance, the man who adores his fiancee but always runs her down to other men in order to scare off rivals. A lady visitor to an institute for the deaf and dumb had plied the official who was showing her around with so many questions, that he was thor. oughly weary when she inquired: : "How do you summon the poor mutes to church." "By ringing the dumb-bells, madam," he replied. BITS OF VERSE HOPE Never go gloomy, man with a mind, Hope is a better companion than fear; P lence, ever benignant, and kind, Gives with a smile what you take with a tear; All will be right, : Look to the light. Morning was ever the daughter of night; All that was black will be all that is bright, Cheerily, cheerily, then cheer up. Many a foe is a friend in disguise, Many a le a blessing most true, Helping the heart to be happy and wise, + With love ever precious and joys ever new. 'Stand in the van, J Strike like @ man : his is the bravest and cleverest plan; Trusting in God while you do what you can, A a | Cheerily, cheerily, then cheer up. eo The majority of people ask nothing bets, THAT government of business by the politician 'for the good of the people is about as dangerous for the people as a Mills bomb with the pin drawn. Let the people take pride in the privately owned business concerns we.now have and walk with wary steps around the sub- ject of govesnment, , state or municipal ownership and political management of private business, It is a subject brought up by many politicians; jt is 8 subject fraught with sinister possibilities. Let the people take heed of the lesson of unprincipled adminis. tration of business by the politic. fans of Russia; let them meditate upon these things .and .then draw a parallel. This sort of fooling with the country's best interests can't go on forever. People are slow to wake up to the danger of radical preachings by radical politicians, but when they do they make a very decided noise, { NOW 18 THE TIME TO WAKE UP AND STAY AWAKE! Eye Care and Eye Strain py C. H. TUCK, Opt.D (Copyright 1928), THE EYES OF CHILDREN Part "13" A few questions can be asked and we can figure the answer to them ourselves. : Hpw many children with vision apparently perfect have perfect eyes? How many children are the very opposite to being bright and cheer- ful due to this handicap which he may be very readily remedied. How ntany people consider their own eyes or even take any pre- caution against accident at home or at work? How amny people have waited for the second or theird accident before seeking assistance? How many people with a cinder or foreign body in the eyes will let it stay there for perhaps three or four days just to see if it will not clear up? : How many eyes are seeing com- fortably? If not very comfortable or perhaps in need of attention. How many gre putting it off from day to day and for what reason? How many are leaving their child's condition to perhaps some chronic in hope that he may grow out of it? How many are leaving it to per- haps continue to develope just be- cause he was born that way? They say it was given to him for a rea- son so why change it? (To be Continued) RED CROSS HOME OPENS ON MONDAY (Continued from page 1) than ever, and the accommoda- tion of the cottage will be taxed to its utmost, so, while the first donations have been received, a cheque for $10.00 from J. 8. Kyle, ond $5.00 from Woolworth's Ltd, nore generous support than ever before awill he necessary. Remarkable Progress The health-giving work at the Red Cross Cottage has grown from small beginnidgs, It start. ed in a two-room coltage, with a lean-to kichenetté. Since then much has been accomplished. This little cottage was loaned to the Society by the Parks Board. In a short time, however, it prov- ed inadequate for the work so the ladies of the Oshawa Red Cross Society rented for several years a larger place at Bonnie Brae Point, until the Rotary Club built and donated to the Society the present commodious cottage, housing twenty-eight children. This cottage has fourteen spot- lessly clean cots, wash rooms, la- vatories, and other accommoda- tion for boys on the east side, and fourteen cots with similar equjpment for girls on the west side. In the centre is the large dining room, and the screened porch helps to make it an ideal place for children. Through the generosity of private eltizens, play equipment has been added, and a splendid victrola porvided to help amuse the children. A Capable Matron Mrs. McKenna, the matron, has proven herself to be a marvel- lous mother-nurse to the tiny mites of humanity who are cared for at the Red Cross Cottage. Thoroughly experienced, capable and loyal to all the traditions of the Red Cross, she is doing a wonderful work in helping to re. store to the' children to health and strength. Under her super- vision, with good, nourishing fnod, plenty of milk, long hours of sleep and the bracing breezes of Lake Ontario, the children gain in weight and in health, even in a two weeks' stay. Donations Requested The- work of the Oshawa Red Cross Society has been carried on by a faithful band of women, or- ganized dering the first year of the Great War under the conven orship of Mrs, F. W, Cowan, The work has gome on, quietly, but ceaselessly, throughout the years since then--and it must still go 8 - te make pcesible are earnestly solicited, and all donations will be acknow- ledged in the columns of The Times. Funds may be sent to the oftice of The Times or direct to Mrs. M. Hezzelwood, 97 Albert street, the secretary-treasurer of the society. The firs{ donations have been received by Mrs. Hez- zelwood and are hereby acknowl- edged: -- J. 8. Kyle . $10.00 Woolworth's Ltd, seeees 5.00 Total .. «+ «+ «sss $15.00 WAR GRAIN PROFIT Exonerates Government But Will Not Admit Error to Committee Ottawa, June 19.--Before two Cabinet Ministers and a fuli meeting of the Agriculture Com- mittee of the House of Commons, Robert Whiteside a Saskatche- wan farmer went into the invol- ved details of the marketings of the 1918 and 1919 wheat crops at fixed prices under Govern- ment auspices. Although he was closely cross-questioned with re- gard to his charges that some- where the wheat growers had been done out of large sums of ricney through the transaction, the witness stuck to his story. Mr. Whiteside stated that he did not charge the Government of the time with making an im- proper profit out of the handling of the wheat. He said that he had no evidence to show that any profits derived from wheat liod been turned into the Domin- fon Treasury. But he insisted that a profit had heen made somewhere, for at the time the price of wheat was fixed it was selling at $2.40 per bushel and the price fixed was $2.21, Sir George Foster, then Mini- ster of Trade and Commerce, had written to him a letter say- ing the wheat had been sold at market prices. Although the suggestion was advanced that Sir George should he called to explain his letter no action was taken. Hon, W, R. Motherwell said that Sir Ceorge had made a mistake and Mr. Whiteside's mistake had been based on Sir George's let- ter. Hon. H. H. Stevens, Miaister of Trade and Commerce, submit- ted a number of records for the period in question which, he said showed that the Government of the day did not in any way in- fluence the Board to fix a price at all inconsistent with a fair price. The Canadian Council of Agriculture at the time reguested a flat price of $1.70 per bushel and the price was fixed at $2.21 per bushel. ~ British Report Put In There was no way of determi- ning sald Mr. Stevens, whether tke British authorities made mo~ ney on the transaction, He sub- mitted a report of the Auditor- General of Great Britain for the seven-year period ending in 2924 when wheat was under Govern- nient control here. This report showed a loss of $690,000,000, a part of which was accoxated for by allowances to keep down the ccst of bread. Mr. Whiteside was then ex- amined' by James L. Bowman (Cons,, Dauphin), and said he did not 'charge the Domipjor Government or any member of it with profiting from the hand- ling of the war-time crops. He did believe that sums of money were turned into the Dominion Treasury. The price of wheat on the mar- ket was $2.40 at the time the price was fixed, he said, The fixed price was $2.21; and it was reasonable to Buppuse some of the wheat taken over at $2.21 was sold at the higher price and the profit retained in the Trea- sury. "Do you know that the Govern- ment of the day did not handle the crop?" he was asked. "I just learned that since 1 come to Ottawa," replied Mr. Whiteside. "So that you wrote your letter to Sir George Foster under a mis- apprehension?" Ca "No, I would not say that. The Government appointad the Board of Grain Supervisors and they handled the whea'," said Mr Whiteside. Unemployed Men Are Extended Buying Privileges (ByThe Canadian Press) Manchester, England, June 20. --Unemployed men of this city have been given the privilege of Luying at a nominal price the cast-off trousers of the police force, and as'the material is of excellent quality and the gar- ments are usually discarded long before they can be said to be worn out there is usually a rush rounced. Applicants must live in Manchester and possess a voucher from one of the city's employment exchanges, and out- buy. There were only 120 pairs of police trousers for distribution at a recent sale whereas the ap- plicants numbered , more than 18 cents a pair. An automatic timing length on conversations, Customs inspectors in England are using X-ray machines to lo- bales and boxes. A recently invented radiophone makes it possible to talk 200 feet underground and through solid stone, G. A. MORROW President, mera} Life Assurance pany W. G. MORROW Vice-President and Managing Director Toronto Savings end Loan Company W. S. HODGENS Vice-President Dominion | Securities G. A. MORROW " Head Office TORONTO 7 CENTRAL CANADA IAN axp SAVINGS COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS President : E.R. WOOD Vice-President, Canadien Bank of Commerce Vice Presidents : H.C. COX Chairman of the Board Canada Life Assurance Company LEIGHTON McCARTHY, K. C, President, Canede Life Assurance Company E. T. MALONE, K.C. ~ Vice-President Toronts General » Trusts Corporation A. B, FISHER Vice-President Canadian Real orporation, Estate Company, Limited, A. H. COX + President Provident Investment Compan~ OFFICERS A. B. FISHER Managing Director Assistant Maneger W. J. HASTIE Secretary F. J. REDDIN Oshawa Branch Manager Branch Office OSHAWA fcr them whenever a sale is an- | siders are not given a chance fo | 200. 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