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PAGE 4. mmunmluurnmm unwie- onus-sundown... diamm.amciamwitbhismopim than with the Truthâ€"WA TSON. asked him. There is one thing, however, if he should decide to be a candidate in the next pro- vincial campaign, the fact that he is seventy- six or seven years of age will be no argument for voting against him, as we believe he is one of the hardestâ€"working men in the vicinity of Queen’s Park, is usually at his desk before his stat! arrives, and is still going strong when they have decided they have done their day’s work. According to Father Time’s method of calculation, Dr. Jamieson is, well, getting upâ€" but judged from the standard of efficiency, he has not yet reached the half-century mark, the time when a man should be at his best. WILL BE RUN AGAIN? This is a question that has been put to us on a good many occasions during the past few months, the “he” in this instance being Dr. D. J amieson, the chairman of the Old Age Pen- sions and the Mothers’ Allowances Boards. Our answer is that we do not know. We have never But we didn’t start out to write a eulogy on Dr. Jamieson. He wouldn’t thank us for it, and we may not exactly be appreciated for sayâ€" ing what we have. We just wanted to point out that despite his retirement from provincial pol- itics, he has still a strong hold on the electorâ€" ate of South Grey, which he served so long and so well. We might also add that this is no ad- vance ballyhoo for the next election, and an- other funny thing about it is that those who seem curious regarding his possible political movements are those who have never claimed any particular allegiance to either Dr. J amieson or the party he represented but who recognize in the man those qualities which make for stabil- ity and sanity. No, we do not know if Dr. J amieson will again offer himself as a political candidate in this riding. We haven’t asked him, and do not intend so doing. We do know, however, that if he should take to the hustings again, he will be accorded support by a good many who have on all former occasions been on the opposite side of the political fence. OLMYPIC AMATEURISM It is rather disgusting at times to listen to the continued whinings of those who appar- ently think there is nothing right in the world, and among them the ones who persistently try to pull the props from under the amateur stand- ing of far too many of our athletes. The crepe hangers were justified, it seems, in handing Sonja Henie, the world's woman skating cham- pion from Sweden, the razzberry, when, through her father, she demanded exhorbitant fees for her appearance at the annual carnival of the Toronto Skating Club last week. Both the Toronto club and the Minto Club at Ottawa flatly refused to meet her demands, and the show went on without her. Further, other per- formers from Hungary, Germany, England and other countries, refused to perform if her de- mands were met, as it was feared it might in- volve all contestants in a merry battle to prove their amateur standing was not blemished. m DURHAM amomcu: \ It must not be inferred that either the Ot- tawa or Toronto clubs expected Miss Henie to perform for nothing. They were willing to pay a generous expense account, but when she de- manded $2,500 from Ottawa, and more than that from Toronto, for one night’s work, she and her managers overstepped the mark. As a result she may be asked to turn professional, or at least forfeit her Olympic title. A rather val last week, a tribute they never could hape In our opinion newspapers have themselves to obtain as professionals. The public likes pro- to blame for a lot of this trouble. They publish fessional spart, it likes amateur sport; but it altogether too much of this free publicity stuff, fails to get the same kick out of professional and in far too many instances lack the courage; encounters that it takes out of the amateur of- to say “no.” We have always claimed it is' firings. rather unfair to expect the local newspaper edi- In these days of commercialism and high tor to pay his way into every event when his costs it does no good to be too pernickety and only object in going is to report that which We congr‘a‘ulate Editor McDonald of the “My a lot of our amateur stufl is on the takes place. Other citizens attend those func- Chesley Enterprise, who last week won a 85,000 M d9, but when it comes to world’s Obno- tions in which they are interested. but the prize for guessing the exact papulation of Can- fie W demanding three times as much newspaper must take in all. Far too many or- eda. Now he. won’t have to worry any more; a, human“. it scans time t0 call the ganizations hope to get free advance notices, over that $25 hydro bill to which he recently L In." and then fail to send in the account of the evem, referred. , / . ' Canada is fifth in export trade, the only countries to exceed her being Britain, United States, France and Germany, in the order her own, in spite of the hard times cry of the pessimists. peculiar situation developed when it became known that the demands of this Swedish “ama- teur” were almost three times as high as those of the biggest professionals. So far as this part of the world is con- cerned, Sonja Henie has finished her career. The public at Toronto paid a wonderful tribute to the Lake Placid contestants at their carni- val last week, a tribute they never could hope to obtain as professionals. The public likes pro- fessional sport, it likes amateur sport; but it falls to get the same kick out of professional encounters that it takes out of the amateur of- ~4' ‘50..“ Thursday, March 8, 1932 CANADA IS ALL RIGHT It is said that a man has to die to find out what a good fellow he was, and this may also be true, in a sense, of a country. Perhaps a country has to go away from home to find out the true position she occupies in the world’s opinion. During the past few years the citizens of ' Canada have heard quite a lot about what' is the matter with her. We have had our own troubles with the quack politicians, those who can forever tell us what our ailments are, but who have never yet prescribed a cure. The country is ruined, can never recover, and our only salvation seems to be to give the country back to the Indians, from whom we took it, or turn it over to the Esquimaux. It is therefore refreshing to hear what one leading United States financial journal has to say, sentiments which have all along been expressed by this newspaper, and which even as this is being written, are being borne out in actual exper- ience. Here it is: FREE PUBLICITY Down Paris way there is an argument on as to whether the newspaper reporters should pay admission to the hockey games in that townuLet them argue. We have nothing to say about what they do in Paris, but up here in Durham, the reporter is received with Open arms by the management of our sports organ- izations, for they know the publicity given them by the reporter is worth many times the price of the admission. The Chronicle sends a man to all sports events, and we feel that the ex- pense of the man in reporting the game is suf- ficient for us to bear. If the publicity is not worth an admission to the event; then there would be nothing left but pay the shot the same as any other patron. However, there is no argument in this neck of the woods. The managers of our sports organizations are satis- fied, and the sporting editor goes in free. This, however, does not mean that the whole news- paper stafl' enjoys this privilege. Outside the sports writer, all members of the stafl wishing to attend an event go the same as other citizens. We pay our way and watch the game the same as the rest of them. “It is possibly an exaggeration to say that Canada is in a relatively better posi- tion than any other nation today, but sure- ly she will be in the forefront of any gen- eral return to prosperity. Canada is young, and youth is always confident of the future. Canadians are born optimists, and they have the right to be such. This country is fortunate in having such a vigorous and hopeful neighbor, and when the resources and potentialities of the United States are considered, the essential character of the people and their opportunities in the great territory to the north should never be over- looked. “Like the rest of the world, Canada has its troubles. The railroads are proving a serious problem there as here. Farm pro- ducts and newsprint have suffered. The country has large foreign obligations, and her dollar depreciated when Great Britain was impelled to suspend the gold standard. But the Dominion has had marvellous suc- cess of late in floating a large national~ser~ vice loan, the proceeds of which are needed for unemployment distress as well as for ordinary services. These bonds were sub- scribed for by, the public to a gratifying extent, particularly in Western Canada, de- spite two years of low-priced crops. The success of the loan is considered a national declaration of faith in the future and evi- dence of the ability of the country to fi- nance itself. “The Canadian banking system has proved sound thus far, and there is real evi- dence of inherent strength in face of world- wide depression. One striking fact is that the tide of Canadian migration to the United States appears to have stopped. In- deed, there seems to be a very substantial movement of Americans into Canada, more than 10,00 having migrated there in 1931. “These movements may reflect tempor- ary economic conditions rather than per- manent trends. But the population of Can- ada is small in proportion to the extent of the land and its resources, so that a heal- thy growth in population should be of al- most as great advantage to us as to Can- ada itself.” THE DURHAM CHRONICLE the only part which can by any stretch of the ‘3 OTHER PAPERS! OPINIONS imagination be regarded as important to the! paper. I Icicle. h Stomach Some newspaper editors are funny people. l True Christianity draws no distinc- We have known them to rush after bridal lm' The chunk! number who can-- couples to present them with “free” yearly ‘3: 11:33:34.?“ the ”If let-I subscriptions of their newspaper, in the how. 1" u ‘ “pm" a the “I “:3 met“ no doubt, that they are getting ahead of their News-Record. ' opposition, and that the couple would continue ' - .â€" taking the paper after the first year. Some- W Ani- times ‘they do, sometimes they don’t. So far mm tram m" m “‘9 . poutbillt change m- we have never heard of the grocers, the bakers, m“ .32.: memd m- or the coal barons staging a marathon to the migration with the W o: m. home of the newlyweds in the hope that they lather attempt to bring more maple to I would arrive ahead of the other fellow and pre- sent them with their first year’s supply of gro- ceries, bread and coal, free of cost. Outside of certain newspapers, we have never heard of this being done. And so we say that some edi- tors are funny. worth of “free” reader. It is surprising how many newspapers fall for this, and more sur- prising they have not learned that the more free publicity they allow into their columns the less paid advertising they receive. In the good old days when a man bought a suit of clothes it was customary for the haberdasher to “throw in” a pair of suspenders. He does the same thing today, but charges seventy-five cents or a dollar for them. The haberdasher has learned there was nothing to this mode of doing busi- ness, but the dear deluded newspaper men still hang'on to the old ideas that have gone out of style years ago, and continue dispensing the free publicity. We have received contracts for advertis- ing space, and, accompanying the first advertis- ing there sometimes arrives four or five dollars' This newspaper does not believe in over- charging a customer, but it DOES believe that any business is entitled to receive pay for any and everything it has for sale. But what's the use? Why bring these matters up? The same fellows will continue doing the same thing, and all of them admit the principle is wrong. The whole trouble seems to be they haven’t the mor- al courage to place their business on a business basis, or have continued so long on the old plan that they think it cannot be changed. The cheque bill Act, which has gone to its final reading at Ottawa, is a law that should have been on the statutes of this country years ago. There is altogether too much of this issu- ing of cheques with no funds, and while the bill is not intended to affect the man who may have overdrawn his account, but who will pay when notified, the artists who have formed the habit of paying with cheques which they know at the start will not be honored, are due for a quick checking up. While there was consider- able objection taken to the bill, Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Justice, assured the House that the honest man had nothing to fear from the bill. Under the old law, while it was a breach to tender cheques for which no funds were forthcoming, it was the duty of the complain- ant to prove that the cheque had been issued with fraudulent intentions. It was altogether too easy for the guilty party to convince the court it was a mistake, nothing more. The new law may not be the last word, but it will most certainly cause those who pay by cheque to see to it that they have a prOper bank balance be- fore pu'rchasing goods and issuing a worthless cheque. covered that in 3,421 years of history, there have been 3,133 years of war and 8,000 peace pacts. Prohibitionist leaders are not pleased with the appointment of‘ Canon H]. J. Cody as presi- dent of Toronto University. But there would be only one way of satisfying these leadersâ€" let them make the appointment themselves. The Kitchener Record wants to know if a son born to Canadian parents on a train in Ne- vada could become President of the United States. Our Opinion is it would take him a long time. Canada is fifth in export trade, the only countries to exceed her being Britain, United States, France and Germany, in the order her own, in spite of the hard times cry of the pessimists. Oh for a couple of weeks of good old Jack Frost. Some real nippy mther at this time would do more to curtail the epidemic of colds than anything we know. Mild winters have their good points, no doubt, but there is too much illness from colds. A GOOD LAW tbeuepeoptewmnnturmycomemo- videdcondlthnsamgmmm mummumm- Mnemkbeoomectflmotm- m.8umuluedtmmi¢nuonumaely inflation und surely everyone knows the danger of inflationâ€"Manon Dee-Immunnmy patriot, the Moses of the downtrodden. the denounoer of unholy politicians. the austere hope of the farmer and the workman, collects $8,000 of back wages he once renounced. It only needed Mr. Drury's chum for $8,000 back wages to complete the nec- ord of his Government. What a. rec- Besides the $8.000 back wages w. Drury secured a fine provincial highâ€" way past his own door. he province lost. a. m-mfle road along the shore of have Reviewing the history of depressions, a speaker addressing the Toronto Elec- tric Club one day last week, showed that the collapse of 1849 was thought but was followed by comparatively rapid recovery. In 1857, he said, panic melted into progress, and in 1879, when signs of revival were not visible even to expert observers, commerce picked up and depression Wed. At the other depression went what was seem- ingly the way of all Wm. In the U. 8. nine tenths of eastern industrial pression of 1889, and farms went down to two per cent. of their value. In 1893 13 out of every 100 commercial houses collapsed and 169 railways went bank- rupt. Both 1857 and 1873 were marked by conditions much more serious than thoaeoftodny;butlneachcuethe upturn was not long in calms-Al- llaton Herald. Very few people in Ontario have any- thing against the hydro principle, but there has been; macaw at what his appeared to be a dicotoflal attitude on the part of the Ontario Power Commis- hum ls done. But making a political football out of this municipally-owned enterprise will hem-ta, and there is absolutely noth- mg to prevent this enterprise being managed in a. way which will prove not clear up the situation because nearly everyone knows that as soon l8 politics enters into a discussion, reason AMMW In the Ontario legisloture, Hydro has become a political football. The Spec- Slmcoe, whens the road should been locatedâ€"Saul!) Ste. Marie populu, M‘mmuwithpontufin notpmduoethuewm-N- mmmmmgmm mmmmmmm vmmmmmmun Mwsmmyandflnm mmmummmm tmt.Ate' mum‘s- mmmvmmmvm polkmldhmbeennnmdum autumnal. “mun-noun Wutmmufltflum ‘Mmtocatupnmmflb;lt mummmmhu-Mw. Nowhkmntthepolhdoumt evennycuflppk.nevmmyuk thereunom'enheuhoodothhu- WtMththelfltâ€" Wmmmmhoenonfl. deom.mmm. The Picton (Janette makes some lug- gesttons for improving the an tun of the province. These come out of the home fair need, but may be used by “Whyuotcutdownonmehonencu which are e. hen/y drain on the im- ury, and substitute new “tum?" asks the Gazette, while it suggests that. a bareback riding horse-race for young men and women, bicycle races and held interesting program. It recommend: 0. the Women’s Institute of the county, a mum; contest. a com-bushing bee, e. woodâ€"cutttng contest, a. parade of men and women in oldtime costumes. a musical competition for church choir: and rural schools, «robotics, nestling and boxing by high school students, a Boy Scout demonstrctiou and a, done- ing competition. The Gazette believes the exhibitions of carding wool. hoe- etc., would prove popular with the lo.- dleanltsoplnlonudogmdcutlbow oouldbestacedutllttlecostlndlt would draw hundreds to the fur. Mn- ally, wlnt of d baby shawlâ€"Ocular wood Bulletin. All of which proves that it mete: 1 big (Inference whether your team wins or losesâ€"Fergus News-Record. Depends on Who Wins Since Cnnndn had such a close slave in the Olympic hockey games. but; “experts" 1.11 over the country home been pointing out that Cunndn could have been represented by 9. far stronger senior teams had been nthered to» gather aswudone bythe American. One Tomato writer. maniac true to his usual form. picked out t ample teammndcupenumlyofm‘ontophy- emandclumedmistenmoould hue lave won “1)“!!me whokmwshnlncmuemassuredm pocuuvelythttthemmwhom mannfl-stutenmmndeumhhbe. Itwfllbenotedthntitisthemmn- nontonendthennmpton Excelsior; asaunlttotbeOlymplcgmesutm Anotthismcdlsthedcfeatottt» unnam- MINI-Advice