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{] ¥ : PAGE FOUR The ®shata Baily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) Tha Cenawa Dally Times 1s 4 Wamher of the Cada sociation, The Ontario Provincial ST Audit Bureau of Circulations SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 100 a week. By mail: in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. m SI ONTG OFFICE: 407 Bond Buil 6 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide FT H, D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN US, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1928 THE SMALL PLANT IS NOT DOOMED In the day of consolidation the fate of the small plant is by no means sealed, ac- cording to E. W, McCullough, Manager of the Department of Manufacture of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The present industrial law, he finds, is not the survival of the biggest but the survival of the fittest. "Much is being written od? said Mr, McCullough, in an address before the Chambersburg, Pa., Chamber of Commerce, "with reference to the passing of the small plant because all about us we see gigantic consolidations being formed in practically all lines which lend themselves to mass produc- tion, Single units in certain lines have grown to such an extent that industries em- ploying formerly 500 men now not infre- quently employ from 5,000 to 10,000 men, However, I do not think that the day of the small or medium sized plant which is keep- ing step with the times--especially with what is going on in its particular indus- try--is passing, or will pass, but the time has come when the making of good goods and selling them in markets scattered throughout the country is undoubtedly being put to a severe test, I believe we have yet to prove that these gigantic mass produc- tion plants, the equipment of which is de- signed to take care of immense production, and which are for that reason inflexible, will in the long run meet economically the vary- ing trade conditions which are likely to oc- cur from year to year." U, 8. LAND RECLAMATION In his last annual message President Coolidge took occasion to point out that in his opinion a temporary saturation point had been reached in the matter of land reclama- tion, resulting in over-production and low- er values, This he followed up with the blunt warning that government and congres- gional aid for projects intended to bring more land into cultivation should be halted until conditions, in that respect, warrant this, It would thus appear that the engin- eers of the benevolent Uncle Sam have out- gtripped the economists and must perforce pause until the gap between them has been narrowed. This, indeed, formed the subject of a recent conference on reclamation held in Washington. Two years ago a similar conference comforted itself with the hope that the governments of the states directly benefited might be sufficiently concerned to extend financial aid, They failed to respond, and the United States administration is quite entitled to take the view that the citizen- ship of the Republic should not be expected to shoulder the burden alone. But Senators and Representatives in Congress assembled, * who have the wherewithal to indulge in a little logrolling, may not be averse to join- ing forces in a further raid on their wealthy Uncle Sam's pocketbook. On the engineering side, the problem of fand reclamation is not at all formidable. The Reclamation Service is authorized to advance money for the financing of irriga- tion projects on the principle of repayment out of water rents by instalments spread over a long period of years. But experience has made it plain that taking water to the arid lands and getting settlers able and will- ing to keep up their contributions are dis- tinct and different affairs. Canals construct- ed sixteen years ago in the Milk river, Mon- tana, Lower Yellowstone, Wyoming, and Belle Fourche areas are still largely unused, although the surface soil is good. Not one third of the land has been brought under cultivation and less than a half of the avail- able water has been utilized. For fifteen years of the intervening period these pro- jects have been operated at a loss. 'The truth is that the reclamation and operation of arid land cannot be accomplished in the rule-of-thumb methods that suffice to break in mew and naturally well-watered prairie AF competent farmers are essential where con- siderable expenditures must be made before farms can become going and profitable con- cerns. Of the applicants for farms in these three regions, forty-five per cent. had less than $2,100 each of working capital, and not ten per cent. had so much as $5,000 each. Finan- cial aid, either in the form of cash or cred- its, had to be provided, and here the pro- jects ran up against a bad snag. The Fed- eral Land Bank can only lend money on farms actually producing income, and local banks exact prohibitive rates of interest on money advanced to settlers, Up to this point the state governments immediately concern- ed, either because unable or unwilling, have not tackled the task of working out a def- inite plan for the extension of help to the pioneer settlers, Those of them who took their courage in their hands and ventured on the land with their insufficient capital usually ended with its exhaustion before profitable returns could be obtained, In many cases they could not meet their water rent and virtually repudiated their obliga. tion to do this, Evidently, until some prac- tical and equitable method for financing ir- rigated land settlement is devised, the Fed- eral Government is quite justified in hesitat- ing over the authorization of new reclama- tion schemes, MIDNIGHT AS 24 O'CLOCK Notwithstanding that the hours from noon to midnight are represented on railroad time tables in type of a somewhat different style from that employed in indicating the hours from midnight to noon, many intelligent persons have erred in consulting the scheudle and gone to stations to take trains which they thought would leave, let us say, at three o'clock in the afternoon, only to discover that it left at three o'clock in the morning. If three o'clock in the afternoon were desig- nated in the schedule as fifteen o'clock, as it is in the time tables of a number of Euro- pean railroads, the mistake would not have been made. A dispatch from Stockholm announces that Sweden has issued railroad time tables with the hours designated up to twenty-four instead of up to twelve twice, Sweden mere- ly followed the example of France, and it looks now as if the system would spread all over Europe, It has everything to commend it. Canada and Great Britain, conservative in such matters, as attested by our slowness to adopt the metric system of weights and mea- sures, may not come to it for some years. But it will be less difficult to effect the change than to wean the people away from many other firmly established customs, which are being superseded by improvements elsewhere, It is as easy to call midnight "24 o'clock" as to speak of it as *12 o'clock at night," SUPPOSE, MR, SPEEDER! Supposing your child should leave its own yard For a romp or in search of a ball; If its mother were busy and had not the time To step out and give it a call; Supposing some speeder should race down your street, As if he were taking a dare-- And crush the life out of your little girl, ' Mr. Speeder, do you think you would care? Supposing your mother were crossing the street-- Your mother now feeble and old, And some reckless driver should knock her aside, Leaving her lifeless and cold, Could you find an excuse for this careless act? Would you really think it was fair? Now putting yourself in this fellow's place-- Mr. Speeder, do you think you would care? " Supposing a loved one you hold very dear Were a victim of some speeder's game; And lay in bed just day after day All crippled and helpless and lame; Supposing he never could walk any more, No longer your pleasures could share; Just lay there and suffered day in and day out-- Mr. Speeder, do you think you would care? How little you care for the other man's pain In your reckless pleasure and greed; How little you care what it costs someone else, As you travel at dare-devil speed; But just let it strike in your family some day For you and your loved ones to share-- Then you'll slacken your speed and yow'll take time to think, And then, Mr. Speeder, you'll care. aT vA NS Ns ~Boston Post 'pose I had lighted a oung man ( salesgirl)--\Where will 1 find silk =~ gerie? Salesgirl=Search me. THAT Tad Daughter: Wh, mother, your skirt comes to your knees. ji ht Yes, I know; I guess I'll have to shorten it. CaLLEGIANS Al IR New Loafing is being described to col lege students as a most pernicious habit, but the college student can be depended upon to call it meditation in the interest of wisdom. NO HURRY, THEN (London Tit-Bits) Owner of partially completed house ~The fact is, I've arranged to get married as soon as the house is fin- ished, Foreman (understandingly) Don't worry, sir. We'll drag the job out as long as we can. SIGN OF THE TIMES (Editor and Publisher) The Associated Press has sent out a notice to division oints urging greater care in the filing of crime news. The note to editors says that care should be used in not making it appear that general interest has been centred in some crime story when the interest is largely local. PARAPHRASED (Punch) To test their knowledge of Eng- lish the native students in a Chi- nese Christian college were asked ta give in their own language the meaning of certain phrases, in- cluding "Out of sight, out of mind." One of them summed up the situation in two words--*In- visible, insane." VERY STRICT (Belfast Telegraph) Little Girl: "My mamma is aw- ful striet. Is yours?" Little Boy: "Orful!" Little Girl: "But she lets you go anywhere you want to, and Little Boy: Oh, she ain't strict with me!" Little Girl: strict with?" Little Boy: "Then, who is she "Pa," THROUGH WITH FIGHTING (Los Angeles Examiner) : Jack Dempsey is through with fighting. His horse won the big race at Tia Juana two days ago. And Dempsey says: "Tunney can keep that title as long as he wants it. I am not going to fight any more, For the first time in my life I feel free to do as I like, and go where I please. I have nothing to worry me." Happy Mr. Dempsey. How few college professors, school teachers, and clergymen are able to say: "I have nothing to worry me." REASSURING MR. KITCHEN (New York Evening World) While Karl K. Kitchen was in Hollywood he did a deal of scenario reading for a big film concern. In his office was a small heater which he thought was electric. One day he turned it on and very soon became sleepy. Then he discovered it was a gas affair and the room was filled with gas. "I might have been killed," he said to an official of the company. "Sup- match and caused an explosion." "Forget it!" replied the official. "We have copies of the scenarios you were reading." RECORD ALREADY BROKEN (Edmonton Journal) The crop year has still five months SHAWA DALY TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, . oy ny Barton, M.D. A TEST FOR APPENDIOITIS (By Jas. W, Barton, M.D.) Registered in Accordance with Copyright Act 1 often speak of appendicitis and of the advisability of an early op- eration where the symptoms are definite. That the number of deaths where operations are dome immediately is easily less than one in an hundred, whereas if delayed for a few days, the death rate be- comes much greater. Yet the family physician quite naturally does not want to rush a patient into the expense of an oper- ation if he can avoid it. 50, by carefully watching the Ja tient's pulse, temperature, noting the hardness or softness of the ab- dominal walls, and avoiding the use of purgatives, he sometimes de lays matters, hoping to avoid the operation, yet aware all the time that "delays are dangerous. Now, an attack of intestinal colie, of gas pressure, can often be uvs- taken for something more serious. Just which cases are serious and which are not, can now be deter. mined to a great extent by a simple test suggested by Dr, CO. L, Chapman of London, He calls it the "rising" test. He uses it in borderline cases which consist chiefly of appendicitis, in which one might reasonably be persuaded to put off operation, perhaps until the next day or so. The 'rising test'" consists in the patient putting both hands down by the side of the thighs, and then raising himself in bed by means of the abdominal muscles. This produces pain immediately; and the patient fails to raise himself, or complains of pain in doing so, This test is a sign of an acute con- dition, not always appendicitis, but always demanding immediate at- tention. You will remember that this ex- ercise of sitting up from the lying down position is one that has been used for years in developing the abdominal muscles. As you know the abdominal wall, which is made up of these muscles, usually gets stiff and boardlike, where there is any acute serious trouble going on inside the abdomen. This rising test simply puts a "strain" on these muscles, which are already tense in their efforts to wall off the trouble, and this strain causes the pain, So, if in doubt about an abdom- inal condition, try out this rising test, and If pain ensues then con. sult your doctor at once. Yeu the to run, but already the through shipments | Vancouver have exceeded the total for the twelve months of | 1923-24. present stood as a record. The latter has up to the Even as ate as the middle of December con- | cern was expressed over the showing that the port was making. But im- mediately the Alberta crop began to | move in large volume it became ap- parent how little: basis there was to fears of well-wishers of the western | route. It is now being freely pre- dicted that twice as much grain as Jast year will reach world markets by way of the Pacific. CALIFORNIA (Chicago Evening Post) Don't worry about California. Recent figures show the state sent to market about 7,000 more car- loads of citrus fruits last season than at any time of the previous high record. Of course many lines of business principally manpufactur- ing--are very much more deyelop- ed in the middle west than they are on the Pacific coast. There are | | years in which the real estate busi- | ness is not so good in California. And we sometimes get tired of hearing how big los Angeles fis. But don't worry about California. There are plenty of people mak- ing plenty of money, and the folks out there are still the champion boosters of the world. (From the Kitchener Record) A prominent banker makes earners are in debt. Only about a quarter of the country's population, | he says. are free from financial wor- ries. This sounds somewhat appall- ing and might lead to the conclusion that we are an improvident mation of spendthrifts. Most people will agree that it is no fun to be in debt. The feeling that one owes money for necessities or luxrics is to the major- ity a disquieting one. There are in- deed people who take their financial responsibilities very lightly and re- fuse to lose any sleep over discrep- ancies in the personal or financial budget. But the average man and woman feel uncomfortable under such 2 strain.' There are, however, debts and debts. The man who owes for a home, an automobile, a piano or other furniture, may be in the soundest kind of financial condition. A mortgage is no longer regarded as a sort bf family skeleton, but as 2 very sound and rational business investment. | the | statement that four-fifths of all wage | | | toys. must not forget the danger of de- lay in acute abdominal condi- tions. Crisp Comment Modern Version: Children should be seen and not had~--~College Humor. Always borrow from a pessimist --he never expects it back any- how.--Boston Beanpot. Another attractive kind of flight across the Atlantic is a non-start flight.--Detroit News. Cupid is the manager of a two ring circus--the e ent and wedding rings--Sault Dally Star, What's the use trying to make Lindy stop flying? You can't keep an eagle on the ground.--Los An geles Examiner. If Wilbur Glenn Voliva still thinks the earth is flat he ought to go out automobile riding some time.--New York Evening Post. The well-dressed woman this spring will wear the same colors as her automobiles, but not as wany coats.--Detroit News. Who ever expected to see the day when a man would scold his wife for dropping ashes on his of- fice floor?--Stamford Advocate, The New York air, we read is almost like champagne. So, we understand, is some of the New G. | York champagne.--Punch, London. "Mummy," sald a little maiden of ten years to her parents, "where are you and Daddy going to live when I get married?"--The New Outlook. A gun seventy feet long, weigh- ing 735,000 pounds is to be set in the defences of the Panama Canal, That goodwill flight of Lindy's was a grand thing, all right.--Kit- chener Record. The modern girl can dress in eight moves, says a woman writer, Allowing two for lipstick, two for rouge, two for hair, and two fore but surely she doesn't waste a whole move in putting on her clothes! --Sault Dally Star. PRINCE IS PEACEFUL Paris, March 19.----Awaiting the call of his people, is the mapner in which the policy of former Crown Prince Carol of Rumania {is de- scribed by certain persons who heretofore have been considered his friends. They refuse to enlighten inquirerers concerning the Prince's pesent whereabouts, althcugh they admit he is in seclusion in Paris. One who had acted as the Prince's secretary sald today: "There will be no bloodshed. Carol will return to the throne of his fathers legally and constitutionally. or will remain in Parls." "l wish I'd known" There's always a new experience ahea d--something you haven't done before and which calls for a decision, You become engaged--and immediately you are called upon to decide on the purchase of many, many things you never bought before. You marry--and furniture, drape ries,' chines, oillburners, gas-stoves, automo biles claim your dollars and call for your choice, A baby comes----and again you face a new experience in purchasing clothes and powders and blankets; in buying a crib, baby-carriage, foods, Next--what school? For the years pass incredibly fast. Once more, a new decision, oe Every room in your house requires a choice. Every meal served in your Hining-room results from your having decided on what to serve. Every day confronts you with a multitude of possibilities from which you must select those which make life happier and bet ter, and make the dollars go farther, How on earth are you going to make those decisions? How can you know what you want and what you don't want? How can you buy to such advantage that you'll seldom, iF ove, Wave cecation tp ust Uaat butlle phase, "I wish I'd bought something else": ~~ Read the advertisements--yead them carefully. The advertisements are an encyclopaedia of news and information on the things you want and need. / 708 SB Cy Building Ee Eh to A 1 2 Ce C TE EEA Pe por 36 Jackeon St East, Hamihon, Canede 2% blocks from Just a few steps {hoppin center. and from principal theaters. 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