; . ,, PACE TWO TI-lE ~y GAZEJTE AND CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. MAY 4, 1938 It ' THE EDITORIAL POINT OF . VIEW The Whitby Gazette and Chronicle . Oatario Coan&J"a a-dlq Weekl7 PUbllahed every We(~Desday mona1111r by Times Pub- Uablnc Comp&n1 or OSbawa, Llmtted; c. ~ YundJ. Preltdent; A. B. Alloway, Vlce-Prealdeut; Gra,JdOD 11. Good.fellow, Director'. AnJwhere 1D ·canada 11.50 a year lD adnnce: 12.00 a year to sublcrtben 1D the ODlted State. or otller forelln countries. The date to wblch tile subscrip- tion Ia paid Ia lndJcated on the addrea labeL. J. H. ORMISTON, Editor' and Business Yanaaer TelephODe : BeD '103; Residence, 3:19 WBrrsY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1938. Keep Canada A Democracy ' ., In his timely sermon of a week ago, Rev. Ruasell O'Brien pointed out several potent facta ·which we are often too prone to overlook. He pointed out that the youth of the world are being marshalled in all nations by new theories and doctrines that are changing the philosophy and out- look of the twentieth century. Referring to the spread of Communism and Fascism in Canada, be stated that Toronto has eight thousand blackshirts and Montreal eighty thousand. It ia not the numbers that are so ~]arm ing as the fact that the existence of these bodies ui our land is practically unknown to so many citizens. That is the way these doctrines work, their influence penetrates · ao insidiously that it · is practically un- noticeable until it is too late. Many of us dismiss the idea with. scorn, thinkinit that it ia juat a passing fad or fancy, but this :attitude ia the heiaht of folly. It is only , ~ keeping alive to the definite fact of tkjr ~ that we ean hope to suc- ceafall7 . cope with Faadem and Com- munlsin, two twin evils that have no pl&ee in any demoeratic country. If you love Canadian and British institutions, our laws, --our common heritage, you must know that Rusaia. Germany and Italy are governed in direct opposition to all those principles. " Jf you think that Ethiopia and Spain and China today are blots on the escutcheon of the twentieth century, then you must be firmly convinced that these ideas must never get a foothold In Canada. Britishers are free men who owe com- . mon allegiance to one great bond of loyal., v. No knee-bending or saluting to dicta- . 'tors or bureaucrats for them. That is the . focal point on~ British system-tha~ all men are free within the limits of the law. Freedom is the moat priceless asset any human being can possess. We dare not ·riak throwing it away merely because our ·laws and institutions take time in bring- ing about the reforms that we wish to see c:onaummated in a day. The mills grind uowl::v but exceedingly small, .. but grind . they do. For reform we can elect our own representatives to the free legislature of this country. We ean bring about all the reform we desire within the limits of the British constitution but we eatt never ac- eomplish this if even the smallest number of ua are willing to sell their birthright for "a mess of pottage". Canada'• Youth Problem -what can we do to Make a Better Canada" will be the leading question · un- der consideration at the Third Canadian ' Youth Congress, in sesaion in Toronto from May 21st to 24th. It is a timely aub- jec:t aDd .. that ahould evoke mueb pro- weatlft CCIIIUilet. ODe of the arnm•ta 1riJ1 _doabtJal bt "Wbat CID We ® to - . Jlab a Better Cauda antll we ~ lfveD. a chanCer This Is an arpment which is quite logical in v!ew of the thousands of young men in this country who can find no employment and no prospects of mak~ ing homes and ~ising families under de- cent living conditions. Speakng in the United Church here last Sunday, !rf. A. Sorsoleil, former Deputy :Minister of Welfare, in Ontario, said that standards had chanaJed but that aome older people had not changed with the standards. Is this a factor behind the tragic situation of today? Or is the . economic structure under which we live entirely responsible? These are hard questions to answer, but It m~ be that both have a hand in a con- dition that is rapidly assuming alarming proportions. Some people condemn the youth of today for lack -uf- ntOI'ar-.and spiritual values. This is not true. Youth is still idealistic but the highest ideals must crumble through yeara . of stagnation and heartbreak. Canada faces a grim problem in the fact that a large section of her fut- ure citizens are growing up in box-cars and bread lines, and in the midst of this ,!here are still people who can perpetrate I;Cllatitudes about "moral and spiritual values." The late Ralph Connor once said \tha:t there wasn't much use trying to '1)re&ch religion to a hungry man, and sun. I ly there can be little ,gained by castigating these boys and girls who ask only the chance to live under proper conditions the way their Creator intended them to live. When they are left idle, some of them with finely trained minds, all with few ex~ ceptions desperate to earn their livelihood, who can blame them for defeatism or for a let-down in ordinary standards. If the worlds expects such noble endeavours for her youth, let her not cast them out of society unwanted for if she does the whole futul-P· · foundation< .. .. of· · dvilization will crumtr.e in the dust. · Many large industries and stores are today employinit married women whose husbands have work. But this raises the question of the young man and woman who are in love and are willing that both should work where the young man's sal. ary cannot support them both. This solu- tion to the marital problem of today, may seem wrqng, but it is often the only one where years of scrimping and saving have shown no prospect of happiness for the future. On the other hand, some industries may employ girls because in that way they get the labour far cheaper. The question of employment for youth today is a be- wildering maze that often leaves him bit- ter and disillusioned, feelinl that there is no place for him. If there i! not, then it is the duty of so- ciety to find a place for him. What hope can there be for the future of Canada or any other nation, if the only young people who can expect a normal life are those whose parents' wealth and social poaitioa is their only passport uito business life. Scout. and Scouting Whitby citizens were greeted with cheery smiles and offers of delicious ap- ples last Saturday morning when the Boy Scouts held their annual tag day. One could not help reflecting that here was something truly worthwhile-the annual appeal of a boys' organization which Ia training the youth of this country in the highest ideals of British·citizenship. Scout. ing is an activity which deserves the full support of all, ~d it is to be hoped that the response on Saturday was generous as could be expected. j,...·mval.pQ:nt m--th*~Boy--fkouts pay big dividends in teriru! of virility, manhood· and intelligence. Such organizations are the best guarantee possible that young men will grow up with the right attitude in life, and membership in the Boy Scouts is one of the best assurances of a success- ful manhood .. The Boy Scouts motto is "Be Prepared• and one of the main points of their p~ gram is "to do a good turn every day". With a slogan and creed of that J;l&ture it is quite evident that Scouting is some- thing which needa to be encouraged in every tangible way. The Chief Scout ia Lord Baden-Powell, hero of the Boer War. and the King, in common with the rest of the Royal Family, takes a vital interest in the work. It is a world-wide organization and one which may some day exert a far-, reaching effect on the trend of civilization: Canada needs Scouting. The •'Great Bible" Religioua circles in Britain are already ~ for ·tbe celebratlaa of the fourth eet.ary of the tint Eqliah .. Author- lad ¥..ton" of the Bible, the .. Great Bible'" of 1531. It wu ODI7 three J'eara after the martyrdom of Tyndale, with his prayer, "Lord open the King of England'• eyes." The Refqrmation bad made great strides in England and there was a gen~ erai demand for a Bible in the vernacular. Bitter personal animosity to Tyndale ~ mained in Church and Court circles, so the adoption of the Bible as it came from his bands was out of the question. But- without bia notes, and having undergone minor revision at the bands of MattJ!ewa and Coverdale-the Great Bible was vir- tually Tyndale'a tranalation. And its way was lighted both to king and peOple by his martyrdom. It was "authorized to be used and frequented in every church in the kingdom." Bishop Bonner set up six Bible.i in St. Paul's for the use of the people. Vol- unteer readers would read aloud, surround- tel by eager listeners. It is recorded how "great multitudes" used to come to hear John Power. "a fresh young man and of big stature" because "he could read well and had ~ audible voice." The Bible wu , "padlocked," or rather chained in St. Paul's and other chllrehes but it was 10 that the people should have it, not that , they should be depr~ved of it. ' · At the same time small "Geneva Bib_.' ,, were welcomed in evel"y household. TIM Bible comi~ into the hands and hom• ... and minds of the people had a profound influence. In a large measure it created English literature. It gave a new dignity to the English language ... Btit far greater than its effect on lit<>rature or soeial phrase," says Gr~n, '"was the effect of the Bible on the character of the people at large. • . • The whole temper of the na- tion felt the. change. A new conception of life and of'man superseded the old. A new moral and religious impulse spread through every class." If Britain has been the home and the champion of freedom, if, though with many faults, she has stood for inter- national fair-play and jtoodwill; if for cen- turies she has been blessed with men of vision who sought freedom lor the op- pressed at home and abroad, It has largely been because the mind of the nation was in such a large measure formed by and on the Bible. It is because people have rec- ognized the value of the Bible ill the build- ing of personal and national character that organizations like the British and Foreign Bible ~lely sJ>encli time aMJDOil@Y ill it! distribution. It is a sbort.aithted policy that forbids it. It is an nnhealthy psyebo- logy thnt fears light and prefers to walk in darkness. . But after all, is the open enmity toward that little packa6e of revolutionary .teach- ing. known as the Holy Bible, much worse thftn the neglect of it by so .,any profess- ing Christians? Peace Means Proaperity Canadians have been watching with tense interest the official situation th!i~ bas prevailed _in Europe durinl the past two years. We have eagerly scanned the front pages of the newspapers for the latest dispatches from Spain, Italy, Ger- many and England, and tuned in to the news broadcasts over the radio. Our nerves have been kept continually on the stretch. A general war in Europe seemed to be inevitable, and' we felt that it wa~ only a matter of how soon it might break out and involve us all in a world cataclysm that the prophets declare would mean the wiping out of our present civil' tion. There is now general sat.isf on - or at least a sense of relief - over he agree. ment arrived at between B!~ and Italr. · Many Canadiais, h~wever.~c'e. ~ ~ the idea of Britain apparently knu .illng under to the buUying threats of the dictators, and particularly the condoning of the rape of Ethiopia and Italy's blood"'Jttliltiness in Spain. But sanely-thinking Canadians realize that they have no right to sit in judgment on the. affairs of the Old World, from which they are so far removed. We are safe from immediate attack, such as the people of Britain would have to meet if their Governmtmt took &IIJ' rash action. For the past hundred yean aDd more Brl~ tain has refrained frclm interferiq in the intemal politieal affairs of her neiPbon. Britain held aloof from the French revolu. tion and' from the American Civil War. This has proved wise policl· Italy and Ger. many may live to regret that they ever took any part in the slaughter of Spanish people and the devastation of that country -the Spaniards will remember. The pacification of Europe at this time is important from the point of view of in- ternational trade and proaperity. It should have the effect of arresting the indus- trial slump which at present seems to · be slnldng into another general depression. The fear of another great war in Europe hu seared capital into biding and para- lysed industrial enterprise. Qne minor in- atance of this is seen in the falling-off of overseas tourist traffic. Mussolini and Hitler have scared thousands of people on thia ~ontinent from crossing the ocean lest· they be caught in the maelstrom of an- other world war. During the past few months many people, to our knowledge, have cancelled their plans to \isit the Old Country for this reason. With the. prospect of an all-round peace- ful settlement of disputes between · France and Britain on the one hand and Italy and Germany on the other, and nearing of the end of the war in Spain, the Western World might well look for\\'ard to a IO!lji pe1iod of peace and P(OSperity. As for the war in China, the rest of the world seems to ' have wisely made up its mind to let the yellow .;aces fight it out among themselves The Japs have for years been preparing for their present at- tempt to subdue the Chinese to their iron wiD, but the probability is that the ancient yellow dragon wm devour the invader. Meanwhile the rest of the world is looking on, nnd if Russia can keep out of the strug- rle there should be no fear of the Chino- Japanese war involving the western na, tiona. ,. Education ia Coatly Education of their children costa par- ents in the United States two billion dol- lars annually. They support a 10-billlon- dollar educational plant. . They make. it possible for a million and a half American young persons to attend college; compared with 50,000 not many years ago. Over three-quarters of all children in the United States now -get to schooL . "Are the results worth the price 7" That's the question Dr. Henry C. Link, psychologist . and author. asks after pre- . senting the above figures, in the current Rotarian Magazine. "The free education which parents so often force on their children," says Dr. Link, "may be a source of more harm than good. The ideal educational program would be one in which all children, rich and poor, had to work to pay at least part of their expenses, especially during the sum- mer moritha. Some eoDqes already fol- low this plan, with very aU~ 'Nlllta. '"In the absence of the ideal prGinlll. parents can make further educatloo of their college student contintent upon hi;; getting a job during the s~mmer. doing some · paying work at school, or, at least, keeping his e>.."'}lenses to an absolute mini- mum. If a student has time for nothing but his studies, and even so finds college work difficult, then probably he would do better to get a job. "The l6nger a young person postpones the getting of a job, the less likely he is to find it, or the less fit be may be for it when he does find it. This is a matter of personality, not economics, and personal- ities make economics, not, as we are so often told, the reverse." Science to Stop Accidents The word we've allbeen waiting for has come out of Cambrid~e, Mass. There, Dr. Millar McClintoek of Harvard University and Prof. John l\L Lessels of Massachu- setts Institute of Techl).ology have set forth their vision of the day when science will make automobile accidents practically "impossible". . For this triumph of man. and sci~ J over ttaffie, the ·two pro~ssora (ave pre., dieted 'that within twenty-five to fifty years motorists will have such conven- iences as these: In effect, a battery of windshield wipers under the car. This will automatically dry off wet pavements which at present make even the best tires skid. Shortwave radio. steering which will automatically guide cars around comers. Infra-red lights on all cars which will automatically reduce the speed of two cars he&decl for coDJaloa. Two-wa::v radio In aD eare 10 that clri._. wiD be waned of.the ~of IDIIChiMI at aD lliPwa::v inteneetioal. Automatic illumination of highwaya, through photoelectric cells, whereby a mov. ing car will break invisible beams and light up the section of road over which it is travelling. [ ~ i:J.itorial ~ote& There is -another hit-and-run epidemic about due. The baseball boys on the dia- mond will soon be swatting them out into ~the lot. A shipment of 12,000 bales of cotton has arrived at Richmond, Virginia from India. It seems like carrying coal to New· castle, remarks the St. Catharinea Stand- ard. We wonder· how it would be it those 12,000 bales of cotton came over as manu'! factored goods. Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and-' next to escape the censures of the. world-if the last interferes with the firat it ahould be entirely neglected-but if not, there can. not be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind than to see its own approbation seconded by the applauses of th!! public- Addison. A dog fancier has installed a radiophone intereommunicator, from bedside to thfl kennel. Turned on when he retired. it paid for itself when a valuable English setter coughed, strangling, woke him up. Quiek removal of a bone wedged in the throat of the animal saved her, plus a pedigreed litter. Further use for the · system is it's own- er's ability to quiet th~ dogs front hia bed· side when they bark at night.-Radio Re- tailiq -- Be • dleed.l a.d wwt a He •wt..tatlaftllale.lleqiOIII• IM~to~yoar flaftl ~ He .. JOIU Jocol Gtay Ooacll u- aget. Do DOt ..... .,~ ....... ~ ...,_....,., ~ II C..ek 'fte..afalccadoa at ~ MRS. 0. DREW : Dundas . St. West Phone 675 .. WESTERN CANADA SPECI·AL 8ARGA.U' E'XCURSIONS -t ,.__. .. a ,; " ...... c:a.Ma GODIG DAD.r - .AT It - .. 1- INCL1J8M ......... : . ...,. Wil GOOD lit- COACHES at fares a~ 1·1/lc JOel' mOe. TOURIST SLEEPING CABS at fares appruf-tely 1-3/ lc per mOe. STAND~ SLEEPING CAM at faftsappr.xlma~ 1•5/ lc per mile. COST OF-ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL ~ elledted. 8\epeftft at Pari Arilau, ~. Clalcaco end wat. 'l'lc:keb, Sleeplq Car a-nau-, and aD. bll--tlon from ~ a~nt. ASK FOR. HANDBILL ' CANADIAN NATIONAL What Law Reqairea In Regard to Miahap• On Ontario HiglawaY8 In -rlew of recent dJscusslon over hit-and-run auto- alll!ldents. . and pt'(IJ)Oals that have been advanced tha~ the penalty tor ru~ away from accident.s should be made more .seTere It Is perhaps, or in· terert to consitler wha\ the law now requires In ~ to aceldents tha~ occur on . the h~bwaya. The pro- vision of t-he law In Ontario abou\ remalnlnc at the l!tCDe of the ac- TRANS-GANADA PlANE SERVIGE 11lBEDELAYED Detivery of Machines Ex- pected to Hold Up Start cldeut are to be found .in para, 30 'Ottawa, A-prll 29.-Delay In the of the Highway Traffic Act, wbk:h dell-.ery or planl!l may hold up t-he reads' _.. __ CO..:<t> It an accident oceuna on a .. ...-t of Trans-canada Atr L1nes h~tnray, every person 1n cbuae or Bernce In Eastern canada. com- a fthlcle, 'll'ilo Is directly or IDdlr- pleUon of other equipment &lao 'Will ectty a party to the accident ahall be a factor In d~ the date rema1n a~ or return to the ac:ene or of the aentce'a atart. the .aedclent · and -.render aU ~ 'l"ranapart Mlnister H~ pve • alble ..,satance aM. 11ft Ill · wrH;t Uda IDformaUon·to=the H:-:: :i• · I tnc ~ ~ M any cne aua-. ODmmons RaDway Oanunt~ · tatnbit'lcm oHnJdrfOr to an,- eon- De8day u he hid. ex.. ...... _~· stable or any office!' appointe« for press and man SC1"'k:ea on ·a com- the carrylnl out of the pro'9tskm of metelal buts 'Will be ~ M11y thla Aet or to any 'WI.tnesa, h1a name 15. between Wlnnlpew and Van- -and address, end also the name and couver, adclresa of the owner of such fthl· '!'be JI!Dister aid lbat at present cfe, end the number of the permit_ l'elrliJar ~ IICbedules are main- It ~- · .talned both WI.T-I dally between (2) Any person who Ylolates any W1lmJpec end VanCOU?er. Nilht of t-he proYlskms of mb-RCUon 1 tuchts were beiDa made from Win- shaD Incur for the first offence a Dlpec to ~ penalty of not 1- than t2S end Deta,. ha4 occurred !n cdpment not more than tlOO, and diaD &lao odelhertfs. fJut two of 10 ~eed be liable to JmprlaaluDeftt fm' any term not. eseeed.IDa thlrt;y c!ti.YI end. plana had been recelft!d aDd the In addition · h1l llcenMt or permit remainder were to be deUftred by 11'17 • 11 Mftlr aar ,_... 1111& _......... . e -••• I lb\7 .-.: DC llr _, Ill> ..... laM ............. ~~a....-reiMl 1111 II . Dpe 5 a.a~-. -~~-- ... --.......... --0 t lit iiiN .. ..c .... alii M J11M1 ...... ailiiiL- - ean1ld te J1 - ,.1 •t,...., ...... ~ U.Dr 141 -.-~ .. .._.., ceecllnc atz mcmtbs, and bl add!- oa lt-JMiampr planes. tion· hb Uc:ense or permit 1U!' be nM ftrat lee ot tile eemce. aut w.pended tor anr period DOt a- of Wllmlpea would reach Eapua- ceedlnl ODe J'ftl'• ~ Ont.. llr Howe aald, aDd the am to llcmtreat. After then STOP ILLEiiAL ~:pi=::. aenl~ to ~ RIDIN6 ON TRAINS . :::~ -::;:-:qu~ mAW A ORDERS canada-Linea.-- R.C.M.P. lutructec11D ED- foree Railway Act in Dominion Ottawa, May 2.-llemben ot Ute Royal canadian Mountoct Pollee, tt wa.s annctmced here hne been In· 11'tructecl to ~c!IT enforce• tile Rallft7 Act Uu'oucbout tbe Do- minion with rerant to meca~ rfdfnt on t.ra1na. In coajunct10il wtt.h poo lice ·. of the Canadian Pac1fte and canadian Nauonal RaDW&JS. "Tbe numller ot accldenta. JDJQ- rl• en4 datU wblcJ'I ba'ftl CICCID'- red Ulmllh thla mode or \raft! II Oil the lncree•.~ a atatemeat ltaued by R.C.M.P. H~ heN ald. •and It Ia clear · that wiUl a Jarte number of men mepDJ traftlllna em uatna lt hal become a bUtt and has been adopted 111 maD1 u a meana of aftldlnt J11.11Mftt f!l the ntiCellllal'1 raDway tare, .... """" It IS in their P'J61•BI«<. "'nle autborlUea teellb&t U. CIDJJ way to prmmt thll Wepl rtd1lla on tratm Is to haw pallce detaeh- m.nts .te.Uonecl at ~ atratectc pMnts. . "In put 111ra mt.nr tJlcqanda er kallllenta ba'ftl beftl Je~~WWed . fl:op the raDwa:ra II(J' tile dl1fereM poUee fon:ea, and tt Ia oommon ~ that wltb. the &Pim)ach ot tbe' wm• mer aeuon Ul!a method or tnu- portaUon. Is apiD bellll adoiMcl "'t Ia ot Intent\ to DOtl Ulat ID the put petiODII haft been taand tn pomsenlOD of aneral hundftd dollars t111na . thla mode ol tra'Nl and - ln numeroua oceuiGnl llrb hne beeD found IIIUQUendlnc u men, and sn one cue a man. hli w;fe and rhiJclren chOII that tonn 01 tr&DipOriaUDD.. .. ,.... Cal1are Bold Dawv ... NewY.tt ......... , ..._ ,.., ... ----c:cttJPOIC---- --- --------------...., ______ _ T------ s... - -··-· .. --......... _ .. ___ ~ ........ .,. _ _,.., I'UArH_,........,