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THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) P pendent newspaper published every afternoon jn was) Sundays aq gal Doduge. at Oshawa, Canada, Mundy n Company, H Chas. A Maney, President; A. R. Alloway, Secre tary. Nan YES... in ia ler: 10c H Ns. Donen and Northumberland, .00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; 1) United States, $5.00 a year, WEE Hh] TORONTO OFFICE: 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107, H. D, Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. ise IIE ES TESTE MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1927 PROBLEM OF THE PEDESTRIAN So long as road builders remain blind to the obvious need of footpaths along country highways the slaughter of pedestrians in the open country will continue and probably in- crease. Pathless highways are to the open country what busy street intersections are to the city. Those who walk on traveled thoroughfares, especially at night, take their lives in their hands, though both pedestrian and motorist exercise extreme care, The weaving auto. mobiles and trucks are death traps for un- fortunate foot travelers, One driver dis-' tracted by other vehicles or blinded by the glare of headlights may mean death for one or several pedestrians, It is easy enough to say that a motor highway is no place for persons on foot, Not all walkers are pleasure-bent, but even so they have as much right to the roadway as the motorist where no other footway has been provided, Danger lurks where nature's beauties formerly lured the rambling hiker, Has public enthusiasm for motor roads blinded the province to the rights and wel- fare of the pedestrian? Improved highways - are essential to modern transportation, but safety for pedestrians is quite as vital, At comparatively small cost footpaths could be built along every heavily traveled highway and the expenditure of pubiic funds for this purpose would meet with even more widespread approval from the motorist than from the foot traveler himself, CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRESS The Halifax Herald, as quoted editorially by The Globe, Toronto, does not approve of the rumored effort of the Conservative Party in Canada to establish a chain of party news- papers across the Dominion, The Globe "comments on the stand taken by The Herald, - which is independently Conservative in policy, by saying: "The reading public of the Dominion to- day insists upon having newspapers which, although they may have strong partisan sympathies, will not hesitate to disagree with their party when they believe it to be in the wrong, and which will not withhold appro- bation of the acts of their opponents when they deem those acts to be worthy of com- mendation, The demand is that news and views shall be fairly and squarely put for- ward, without any supervision or interfer- ence from political bosses, For these reas- ons the party-owned organ appears fore- doomed to failure," The foregoing summary is sound to the core, and might well be studied by some prominent Conservatives in this Province whose experiments probably lend colour to rumor of a Dominion chain of Conservative newspapers being established, At the same time, the Independent press would be well advised to take stock of its at- titude towards the Conservative Party and see whether its theories of fairness are al- ways translated in terms of practice, There is, for instance, too much calling Conservatives "Tories." It is a small matter . to the casus! glance, but it is one of those things that make up the mass of propaganda against the Conservative Party in Canada. Conservatives are often unfairly deslt with in matter of their platform of loyalty to the Empire. Their proneness to wave the Union Jack in election campaigns is regard- ed even by some of independent views as a 'sort of political halitosis. : Too much capital is also made of the pe- culiarities of their leaders, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Meighen, for instance, was pictured in the "late Federal election as one who could turn any given wedding celebration into a grand lodge of sorrow within five minutes and be doing nothing but casting his influence over the assembled merrymakers. At the present moment, Premier Ferguson has a certain Party eruption op his hands. Straight-thinking men can only hope thet he will be able to keep it within that Party; but THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1927 that tion. : Such things account for Conservative Party's dalliance with the idea of establish. ing its own press on a Dominion basis. The scheme is unsound theoretically, but even an unsound venture may achieve a measure of success where it can curs conditions that border on the intolerable. BACHELORS IN THE LIMELIGHT Something in the nature of organized nda seems to be underway with re- gard to the bachelorhood of certain very distinguished Canadians, namely, Premier King, Hon. R, B. Bennett, and President E. W. Beatty of the C.P.R, Amalgamated Martyrs of Marriage look upon these well turned-out and much com- mented-upon gentlemen and seem just on the verge of emitting piercing screams, "There is nothing in the Constitution or Brit ish North America Act to. forbid the pres- ent condition, but the Benedicts feel that all is not well. On the contrary, more or less gentle hints are conveyed that if Bill, Dick and Ed want to get in solid with the coun« try and really amount to something, they'll feature in one of those stories which end "And the groom was also present." Probably all the hue-and-cry is due to the growing conceit of the lesser fry bachelors who, recovering from Mussolini's tax on the order and the fear that a voracious Federal Government might follow suit, feel that their future is secure so long as the Lead- ers of 'the two old line Parties remain bit- ter opponents of that crowning absurdity that "two can live as cheaply as one." Further, bachelors, who are in the main meek men and ask only to be let alone, are no longer worried by political addresses in which the speakers denounce unmarried blessedness as a menace to the state and a sign of mental derangement, The other slogan that a married man is more likely to be a success than his bach. elor brother can be dismissed with an airy wave in 'the direction of either or all of the trio whose names begin this article, Things are looking up for bachelors, ADVERTISE To be in business implies a desire for suc cess, : All ask how it can be reached and there ifs no question for which there is a plainer answer, Advertise, Advertising is as old life, Nature has been using it since the world began, An ap- ple tree in bloom is advertisement of the species, That white radiance which adds glory to a May morning's blue and gold is not there for the delight of men but to attract bees, those barterers of life, upon whose pollen-coated wings and nectar hunger the perpetuation of the apple and a myriad oth- er species depend, To advertise is to live, The chief of all husiness assets is a Good Name, which is to say, a good reputation, And like all other assets, it must be in. vested to get returns, Advertising is the on. ly way in which a good reputation can be put out at interest, It is the only place where its money value can be stated in terms of dollars and cents, Advertise and succeed, Mere advertising, of course, does not bring success, but it opens the door, The apple blossom that invites the bee has to live up to its announcement, It says "Nee- tar" and it means what it says, Advertising stimulates because it puts ideals and goals in black and white. Not on- ly the merchant's ideals, which are also wants, but the prospeclive customer's, No man can create anything worth while that someone doesn't want. But, in most cases, they have to be told, Bit of Verse SHUT-EYE TOWN All aboard for Shut-Eye Town, The train is ready to go; Get into your berth and nestle down, The wheels are turning slow. And Mother--the engineer--will sing A lullaby, soft and low. "Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed." : The fare for the trip is a good-night kiss, And the sleeper costs two more: The road runs down through the Valley of Bliss And circles the Golden Shore Where the Choir Invisible sings a song That our Mothers sang in days of yore. "Heaven's blessings without number Falling gently on thy head."' And as we near our journey's end, And morning gilds the skies, Our fondest mem'ries ever trend To Mother's lullabies. --U. Seely. - - y PLAYING THE MARKETS iu Seni r Con- solidated is being criticized by stock» brokers for warning ple that the mining stock market is at present in an unhealthy condition. No one, however, can take exception to his advice that those who cannot afford to take losses should stay away from gambling on the mining market. THE PEACE RIVER (Brantford Expositor) The agitation for the creation of a new province out of the Peace River district is somewhat premature, This region comprises a huge area of about 40,000,000 acres, of which 20,- 000,000 acres are described as being the natural hothouse of Canada. It .|i3 said to possess the richest soil on the face of the North American con- tinent. In addition, the climate, rainfall and long days of bright sun- shine all add to the productivity of the region. The time will probably come when the Peace River district will be entitled to be constituted a province by itself, but that will be when a larger population exists than at present and enormous develop. ment has taken place. 'TO T! E WHO HASTENED" Edmenton Journal) 'To Those Who Hastened" is the striking caption of an article in the New York Times on the unveiling of the cross at Washingtan to Ameri- can citizens who died while serving with our forces, By erecting this memorial, it says, the Canadians have added a new glory "to those who quitted their own country, but with- out lessened love for it, to die in the ranks of another who gave even more sacrificially of her life and treasure to what later became a common cause." It ranks them with the Athenian dead at Plataea, who "has- tened to set the crown of freedom" as their epitaph has it, "on Hellas." It was, however, "not on their own land but on the world that they sought to set it through volunteer service in the armies of a neighbor he hastened before us into the con- et. -- WHY GRADUATES LEAVE (Hamilton Spectator) . A little while ago we quoted Sir Robert Falconer's assurance that graduates of Toronto University were not migrating at any alarming rate to the United States, Statistics fur- nished by the princlgal covering the last few years bore out his statement, and one wondered whether, after all, too much had not been made of the exodus of Canadian brains across the border, Another member of Toronto University, however, has just been heard from, a demand for higher salaries for science workers in the employ of the governments and educational institutions in Canada having been advanced in Ottawa hy Professor J. C. McLennan, of the University of Toronto, supported by Hon. Charles Stewart, The object of the suggested increase in pay is to retain these experts for service in Canada, and especially in the govern- ment service, No country has a greater need for trained scientists than ours, In every department there is much scope for their initia- tive. and enterprise, but it is only natural that they should seek careers elsewhere if it is not made economi- cally advantageous for them to stay here. These men, it is rightly held, should be set to work on the many problems which hinder the develop- ment of industry and the exploita- tion of our matural resources. THINK IT OUGHT TO GO (London Dally Mall) Few Londoners would gét "hot nnd: r the collar" gt 8 mere sugges- tion to pull down the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden I have heard not a few declare that fit ought to go, They do not lkie the atmosphere of cabbages which sur- rounds it and compare it with the tezutifully-siied Lomes of opara abroad. But what p t» d) thers wis | when a concrete proposal was made the other day to demolish the fam- ous house immediately! Londoners are like that. They invariably de- preciate the things they love. More space is wanted, however, for the extemsion. of Covent Gar- den Market, and the idea at present is to pull down the Opera House as soon as the Grand Opera Syndi- their lease, which has still about 20 years to run. Negotiations to carry out the scheme are proceed- ing but is understood that the fam- ous place is safe for two more years ! at least, : THE PRINCE'S BOOST (Montreal Star) There is no doubt that Canada possesses in H.RH. the Prince of Wales its most effective and in- fluential "booster" His speech urg- ing business men from the Old Coun- try to go to Canada to study condi- tions here has already had results of a practical pature, The Federation of British Industries, which is the most powerful orgamization of em ployers in the British Empire, has set before its members a scheme for parties to tour this Dominion next The for co- operation between employers and employed to fight foreign trade com- petition is linked up with this, and in both spheres of activity there is re- newed optimism as a result of the Prince's speech. Since successive Governments at Ottawa have managed to achiéve nothing hut vague gestures and can- not even mow settle upon an im- wigration policy of a broad, conpre- hensive character, C. owes the Prince a big debt for what he is do- ing on our behalf. "I would urge upon the younger business men blessed with imagination and opportunities, to study Canada, her present meeds | and future possibilities, as I have | tried to do," the Prince told his | audience at a recent dinner given by the Canadian Club in Lond He cate can be persuaded to surrender bem.--Kitchener Record. get down to their studies in agri- {ehigon Globe, urged 2 business holiday if they did not think they could spare the time | to "step over and see Canada for | themselves" This sort of enthusias- tic adveriisement my even comnen- sae for adw aiirative inaptitude ou this side of the Atlantic. 2 Mr. Thomas W. Blacklock, in the course of a despatch from Ottawa, detailing some of the tasks that confront the Hon. R. B. Bennett, the new Conservative leader, says: "There is no truth in the report the new Conservative leader pur- poses establishment of newspapers in several cities. Many years ago Mr. Bennett participated in a news. paper venture in his home city, Calgary. This adventure was not a marked success as for 15 years he held a third interest in the pa- per which consistently and fre- quently unfairly opposed and at- tacked him. He knows that news. papers founded purely for politi- cal purposes always fail to survive, and even when alive, are of little ald to the party," Mr. Blacklock is a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery and a mnewspaperman of long ex- perience in both the East and the West, and a Conservative. He knows, as every other capable journalist knows, that purely party papers are practically a thing of the past. Newspaper history is clogged with mistakes of this kind. Such organs always lack a general appeal because they are organs first and newspapers afterward, and it may be set down as a basic NATIONAL DEFENCE COSTS REPORTED Naval Establishment Expen- diture Was $1,597,406.51 for Year Ottawa, Dec. 5.-- The grand total of Canada's naval service expendi- tures for the fiscal year ended March 81, 1827, amounted to $1, 597,406.51, according to the an- nual report of the National De- fence Department just issued here. Of this million and a half dollars, over one-third was consumed by the harracks at Halifax, N.8., and Esquimalt, B.C.,, the former ac- counting for $266,005.17, and the latter for $259,431.93, The main- tenance of the two destroyers, Patriot and Datrician, cost the country over a quarter of a mil- Moh dollars, the exact figures be- ing $190,210.89 for the Patriot, and $167,674.89 for the Patrician. The four minesweepers, Festusert, Ypres, Armentieres and Thiepval, accounting for $169,744.86 of the annual expenditure. The strength of the Royal Cana- dian navy i8 70 officers and 446 men; that of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve 70 officers and 430 men, and of the Royal Canadian naval volunteer reserve 70 officers and 930 men. Twenty officers of the R.C.N. are serving in the Royal Navy, the report shows, Militia Costs The total of $13,400,421.90 was gpent by Canada on the militia and alr gérvices Tn the fiscal year 1926, a report from the National De- fence Department {ssned here shows, The expenditures on the militia were $0,158,592.08; on the air service $2,107,645.36, and the balance on administrative and other services. The permanent force's share of the expenditures was $4,- 798,121.20 and that of the non- permanent active militia $1,700, fact that a publication cannot be a good organ and a good newspaper at one and the same time. If it is one thing it cannot be the ther. That is why the ncwspaper founded Juvely for party purposes cammot a success in this day and age. i One of the most interesting phases of the party organ idea is something that is invariably over- looked by politicians who lament the passing of the organ and work for the starting of new ones. This phase has to do with the readers who are to be attracted. A paper that is known as a Liberal organ will have a Liberal reading public, almost entirely. All, or practically all, these readers vote Liberal every time. Of what great advant- age to the party, them, is it for them to be fed on the diet that a Liberal organ is supposed to dish up? This is like continuing to feed Hedlcine kJ a og who has re. covered, e only way that a litical party makes a - through the attraction of support- ers from the other side, or from the large camp of neutrals. A pure- ly party paper makes little appeal to the neutrals and it certainly never enjoys much patronage from those of the other party. It fol- lows, then, that the poorest possible medium {in which to 'get over" a party message, is a party paper. It falls ta reach the very people whose support is sought, The Independent, non-partisan paper, on the other hand, goes into every type of home. It reach the people of all parties. And, if it is the right kind of a newspaper, it carries the messages and views of all parties--fairly, squarely, come pletely and intelligently. Is it to be wondered at, then, that the partisan papers have dwin- dled away and the Independent press is stronger than ever? The they want both presented ner. The party organ undertook to present the news colored in a way that suited its party, The indepen- dent newspaper presents the news in a clear, frank fashion and the reader is lefty to make up his own mind, The party organ idea {is really an insult to the publle fu- telligence. The independent news- tically everywhere--is only com- mon sense and in line with the en- lightened thought of the age. : SL people want news and views but || in all straightforward, unvarnigshed man- | | paper plan--now the vogue prac- || " trad I Si | * || MR. BENNET1'S EXPERIENCE (From Border Cities' Star) BOYS WANTED AS CARRIERS AND COLLECTORS -- for -- THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES High School Boys Preferred Liberal commission and steady employment to capable boys. -- Apply to -- MR. BOYCE -- h 4 Times Office COAL - COKE - WOOD Nut and Egg sizes, per ton, ........... - $15.00 Stove size, per ton, 15.50 Pea size, per ton, 12.50 Coke, per ton, 12.50 Best Anthracite Coal W. J. TRICK COMPANY, LIMITED 28 Albert Street Phone 2 0 BIGGAR, TURNER & CRAWFORD ESTABLISHED 1902 Members Toronto Stock Exchange BOND DEALERS New York, Toronto, Montreal and Mining Quotations eing received over Direct Private Wire. All Quotations Bosvded Enquiries and Correspondence Inviizd ™ [Telephone 2600-1 OSHAWA OFFICE . 9 CELINA ST. Fred G. Carswell, Manager HH 988.70, The strength, all ranks of the! permanent force on March 31 of | this year was 3.368, excluding 94) officers and 140 other ranks paid | from administration and other de- | partment, The largest garrioon.! one of 555 all ranks, i= maintained | {at Halifax, with Winnipeg coming next with a personnel of 47. At! Toronto there are 411 primanent : force soldiers, and at Quebec 259. The strength of the Royal Cana- | dian air force was 468 all ranks | with eamp Porden shown gs hous- Ing the larcest personnel---181, Crisp Comment Many of the girls nowadays seem to feel that beauty is knee- deep.-- Montreal Star. We don't know ahout a five-day week, but a five-day week-end ouzht to prove popular.~ Kingston Whig-Standard. Politiciars are like shoes--you can'y exnect the machine-lke kind to be of the hizhest grade.--Mon- treal Star. Newfoundland is shipping news- print to Portland. Ore. Another case of! "shipping coal to New- castle." Lothbridce Herald, Over two: feet of snow on the level! 'Bhat may not help thresh- ing, but jit gives promise for "next year."--Lethbridge Herald. If skirt: continue to shrink it won't be lon~ Lhofore there will be scarcely enon~h 1» make a decent Now that the hazing screp is set- tiled. the students will be s)hle to culture.--Gueinn * oreurs. m-- i Gol?. it is £3id. exercises #11 mus. cles of the body--especiallv the ; lungs, windoipe. tongue sand ima- | gination.-- Borde Cities Star. i ------e | "In buvin~ pe-ents* save the At-| "olive a gr? some- thin= to wear. snd a hor gor thine | to eat." There's a mom wn has | at leat cne of each kind. --Detroit | Free Press. | 1 | "e's 2 how to Hamilton Tie- | ers. To te able to arcent defeat | rracefnlly is the eser-e of shorts | manshin, and Tizers Aid just thot, Hamilton ic nravd of 'hom in their reverse. 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