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PAGE FOUR i ao. The Oshawa Baily g Tie Succeeding AS A) 1 THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER An independent newspaper published after noon except Sundays and legal bis oy a Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Limited; Chas. M, Mundy, President; A. Alloway, Secretary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana dlan Press, the Canadian Daily N pers' Ae sociation, The Ontario Provincial Audit Bureau of Circulations, § SUBSCRIPTION RATES © Pelivered by carrier: ¥c a week, By mail (out . side Oshawa carrier delivery limita): in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumbers land, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, §4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year, TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, uf Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaide 0107, H, D, 'Tresiddev, repre. sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN 0.8, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, Rh SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928 NO GASOLINE SHORTAGE Conservationists take a peculiar delight in ~ alarming the public by predicting the ex- : haustion of natural resources within a time uncomfortably soon for a civilization that +" feels so dependent upon them at the pres. mt, Exhaustion of the oil supply has been pre- @licted with greater frequency and feigned consternation than probably any other min- eral, Pessimistic prophets have fixed the hour of exhaustion within the twen- + tieth century. They cannot see how the supply can last longer with gasoline con. . sumption ever mounting and crude oil in greater demand for transportation, industry _ @nd heating, But Dr, Charles Schuthert, Yale paleontolo- gist, is more hopeful. In fact, he sees no ..eause for concern for generations to come, Unlike the conservationists, his prediction is not mere guess work," He advances rea- gons on which he bases his theory, and they gound convincing, He points out that improved methods of well drilling and pumping make supposedly 'Yry "holes" profitably productive and pro- Jong the productive period of all wells, At present it is estimated oil pockets or reser- yoirs give up only about twenty-five per gent, of their supply, and Doctor Schuchert " jees no reason why this percentage cannot be increased to fifty or even more by greater pfficiency in drilling and pumping, But the most promising possibility he of- fers is seen in his statement that nature has - mever ceased making oil, Other scientists pgree with him that much petroleum has Its origin from marine plants and from ani» mal life, Scientists are already taking oil from ghale by distillation and they may some day - discover nature's process of producing oil . from vegetation and animals, PROGRESS OF THE TURK When the most conspicuous article of ty- pical Turkish attire, the Turkey-red fez, fol- - lowed sultan, caliph and harem into exile, the outside world supposed that the discard» ' ed institution was really Turkish, The fez, as a matter of fact, was just as foreign as the Occidental derby to Turkey, ~ Even when worn by all Turks it was chiefly imported, The city of Fez, in Morocco was originally the Danbury of the headpiece that bears its name, The Turk is proverbially a borrower of costume, He nas adapted to his use what- ever garmets best suited him, Even as late as the seventeenth century the national . headgear of Turkey was the turban, The - urk discarded the turban for the fez and ' mow, under command of Mustapha Kemal, . substitutes the felt hat and cloth cap of the Western world for the prescribed fez. During the years that the fez was the na- tional headgear of the Turks, to the extent that it was worn by all from sultan to beg- gar, it was widely worn in Egypt and other of North Africa. Even non-Turkish fnhabitants of Constantinople wore it. AGE OF THE WORLD - ' here seems to be an eternal and contin- uous struggle among scientists to figure out the sage of the earth. A report of the Smithsonian Institute gives as its opinion that the universe is three billion years old, which would seem to establish a record that i rt THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928 2 i a not only exceeds all previous guesses hazard- ed along this line, but which, moreover, sets a standard for future jugglers with figures to shoot at as they attempt to outdo their predecessors. ; It is not quite clear to most people why it is so necessary to determine the age of the earth, Here and there new evidences are uncovered by expeditions which have been excavating tombs and ancient ruins for the purpose of studying antiquity. But even the most interesting discoveries do not take the present age back more than a few thous- and years at best, and whatever took place before that period, perforce must be largely a matter of conjecture. And since so dense mystery beclouds ancient history, it appears that science might very well afford to give more attention to modern problems and their development, rather than search through the buried cities and almost forgotten history for information that is on the surface at least of no early use to the present age. CREDIT SAFETY One of the phenomena of the present era is the rapid extension of credit selling, Those who have made widest use of the sys. tem, notably credit merchants and the auto- mobile industry, insist that it explains large- ly the prosperity of the United States. The department of commerce at Washing ton is conducting a retail credit survey, the result of which may have important bearing upon further extensions of installment sell ing, The survey is being made primarily to ascertain if possible the cost of credit safety, The cost of credit safety has a most im- portant bearing upon the fundamental soundness of the installment system, If éredit can be extended safely at a cost that will not run the installment purchase price too high, and if the merchant can devise a way of establishing a prospective pur- chaser's credit capacity, it should not be dif. ficult to put installment selling upon a firm and scientific basis, if, indeed, it is not al- ready upon such a basis, As matters stand now, installment selling has largely "just grown," With the excep- tion of such large credit corporations as have made more or less comprehensive studies, each operator has depended upon his per- sonal experience to build up his own sys- tem, Another exception is furnished in com- munities having credit associations which keep their members posted on the credit ca- pacity of their customers, EDITORIAL NOTES Publicity is much like matrimony, It is easy to get the kind you don't want, Some people think they are thrifty just because they wish they hadn't spent so much last month, If a woman lets a man brag about his past long enough he will want her to take care of his future, Pet him; humor him; give him too much spending money; and some day his friends will describe him as a "charming fellow when he's sober," Bit of Verse tL MP MA IF THEY COULD LEARN The house is too large now--And it is neat And still--so quiet! All the dragging day I sit and listen for the sound of feet, . Of voices that have died away, There was a time--and not so long ago-- When this same house was very much too small; It was a puzzle then how to bestow My brood, to make it hold them all, And almost never was it orderly! There would be careless toys and coats and hats Where never hats and coats and toys should be-- Or playful puppies or stray cats! And there were always feet upon the stair And voices shouting from the wide-flung door The eager cry of "Mother, are you there?" A cry that comes to me no more. All houses come to be too large at last And take on quiet, they that have known laughter, When life, pied piper calling youth, has passed And youth has heard and followed after, There would be less of wistfulness, I think If houses--and hearts, too--could learn to shrink! : Roselle M. Montgomery. lt a Glance "And here hath dawned another \ 4 Think, wilt thou let it slip useless away?" * 8% % "There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced wrong. "What word is that?" "'Wrong' of course." * R852 fiz : While today may be considered a really true advent into Fall, with the turning of the leaves, and the laugh- ing of the brooks (we're positive its only a grin, but for the sake of com- mon decency) it is also a time-hon- ored occasion when an occurfence makes a lump leap into the old throat. For ten years our city editor has steered the course of this paper, and now that he has taken it upon him- self to go to foreign shores we joh in wishing him every success, L IE I John R. Robinson, editor of the Toronto Telegram before this ed. was seein' light, died yesterday. A distinct loss to the world of the press and an unfortunate loss to his immediate friends is the death of so well-known and now widely:-mourned man. * % 9 Judge (speaking to prisoner and pointing at same with a long cane)-- "You are a very desperate criminal, you have broken the laws of this land $0 many times that I have no syms pathy for you. I am sure the court 1s aware that there is a bad rogue at the end of this cane." Prisoner (meekly)--"At which end, your honor," * % ¥ "Tempus fugit." Tonight for just one hour this old adage will prove untrue. At twelve o'clock the clocks will be turned back an hour thus signifying that the old world has slipped a cog in its continuous dawn to dewfall, dawn to dewfall, dawn to dewfall movement, rw Environment News Aunt Sarah Appleby has given sui- ficient warning to a certain party of coloured gentlemen who dwell down near the creek in regard tothe dis- appearance of her prize hens. It isn't that she minds parting with the hens so much as it 1s the though of her hens makin' meals fer the likes of them there darkies, ox» Will the person or persons who removed the clothes line from the back yard of Mr. Peterson Peter- son, of the firm Peterson, Peter son, Limited, kindly return same to the nails whereon line was ori- ginally hitched? ko» (Being an eye-witness tale of the conquest of Gaul by C. J. Caesar af- ter his elevation to first soldier of the land by the Roman Army, it is your sacred duty to finish the present in- stalgent of this fascinating expes- ience of Mr, Caesar), x When Caesar caught up to his army after scaring himself half to death by yelling, he deemed it ncessary to as- sert his authority and forthwith cal- led a halt whereupon every man, wo- man and child in that army stood as if rooted to the spot. Caesar ad- dressed the multitude, saying in a loud voice: "Friends, Romans, Countrymen (it was thought afterwards that Mark Anthony, got his famous words from the present speech by Caesar) I am here before you for three reasons, one that I am your general, and the other two don't matter. Seeing as how we are about to fight one of the larg- est battles in the history of the Eas- tern World, I expect this day every man to do his duty, "You all do know that upon the shores of Rome stand, or sit, your innumerable brethren or sistern, and it is for them," here Caesar was quite overcome, and sat down and cried in a loud voice, "that we will go into the fray. Shoulder your muskets, men, march as if you had bad your break- fast this morning, and enter into the spirit of battle with heads high, bay- onets forward, minds set, and with spirits determined to do or dic as thousands of your countrymen have done mn past years." With this oration ended, Caesar gave the order to march, and the seething mass of Romans forged like a horse shoe into battle array, press- ing to the front and the trenches without so much as a look in the rear. Caesar immediately got his infan- try and private detectives to work and connected up the field telephone system, and polished a few hundred pounders. After these strenuous la- bors, he took out his pipe, and hay- ing no tobacco, borrowed some tea, and sat down to await the verdict. x And to be tried forthwith-- ' =--Renrut, What Others Say CAUSE FOR WORRY (From the Hamilton Herald) It js more than disappointing, af- ter all the horrors of the Great War in Europe, to have France playing the part that bad beem al- lotted to Germany. The demand that Germany shall pay $300,000,- 000, made by France and Belgium, to build fortresses along the left bank of the Rhine gives one a sick- ening sensation of failure in spite of the signing of peace pacts and League of Nations treaties and all the other motions that appear in the light of France's actions to be nothing but palaver. If another war should break out in Europe the British Empire would be wise to follow the example of the United States and sit back and let the war- riors annihilate each other. Minus the Hohenzollerns, the German people seem to be more reasonable and more trustworthy than the French. This last demand stirs a pessimistic mood in ome, which it is dififcult to get rid of while France insists on arming to the teeth and keeping the biggest army in the world ready for battle. NEIGHBORING MENACE (From the Hamilton Spectator) The kidnapping of Samuel Low, sales agent for an Ontario brew- ery, by Detroit gangsters, and his release on his promise to pay $25,- 000, with an accompanying threat that he would be "bumped off" if the money was not forthcoming, has brought the menace of organ- ized vice close to home. Dominion and provincial police authorities are not only intent upon running these particular criminals to earth, but are strengthening the barriers to keep other 'of a kind out of the country. Recently a newgpaper in- vestigator made a survey of De- troit's underworld and, in view of the alarm occasioned by the Low kidnapping, what he found is of particular interest. Gangsters of Chicago, driven out not so much by a reform wave as by increasing competition, saw in Detroit a likely field for their operations and in droves descended upon the auto- mohile metropolis. Already, vuu hunderd bombings have signalized their entry. The Chicago artists of gun and. bomb, schooled in the methods of exacting tribute from business, large and small, have made their impression. Detroit's proximity to the Canadian border, the investigator found to he the source of other and more perplex- ing problems than the operation of the racketeer. The booze racket in Detroit is unique in that running liguor across the Detroit river is plished with ing facility and accordingly attracts from other cities big-time operators who in- vest large /sums in whisky to be trucked into other cities. To quote from the report of the newspaper investigator: "Among the rackets in operation in Detroit is that of kidnapping saloon keepers, boot- leggers and others and holding them for ransom. Extortion from bootleggers, alcohol dispensers and others by Detroit policemen is also practiced and a number have been dimissed from the force on convie tion of such offenses. Through the long record of the operations of racketeers in Detroit, according to the police, there appears the trail of the Chicago crowd, whose names are well known." Detroit is Wind- sor's next-door neighbor. It is not surprising that organized vice has essayed to operate on this side of the river, but it will find conditions much more unhealthy for the trade in this country. Innate respect of Canadians for law and order and the stern justice meted out by our courts will constitute a safeguard against the racketeer: gaining a foothold: PRIMO DE RIVERA'S REGIME (New York Times) Elsewhera than in Spain the ar- rest of several thousand partici- pants in a conspiracy against an existing dictatorship would consti- tute a grave crisis. But the latest move against Primo de Rivera seems to have followed precedent in lack of united purpose and drive on the part of its originators. The censorship may have minimized the seriousness of the present situation yet in other countries where a dic- tator holds a firm grip on the news channels the essential facts do get out. In Spain during the five years of the Directorate discontent has managed to express itself, but with little of the passion that has mark- ed certain episodes in the history of Fascist Italy, Anti-governmen- tal coups break out, collapse, and are liquidated without reprisals hy the dictator. The recent mutiny of the Spanish artillery regiments seems to have been a gentlemanly demonstration, repressed and pun- ished in the same courteous fash- #on. The present conspirdty, as the reports indicate, had its wide rami- ficatiops, but it seems to have run much less deep than wide. One reason seems to be the iIn- difference of the Spanisy masses. More than in any other country in which political systems have clash- ed, events have been accepted as only a quarrel among the "better" people. In Italy the rise of Fasec- ism traces back to a conflict of NEW YORK PRODUCE Resident Manager: A.L. HUDSON & Co. MEMBERS : NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE STANDARD STOCK and MINING EXCHANGE EXCHANGE (Asu'w) NEW YORK CURB MARKET (Ass'te) DIRECT PRIVATE hl "CONNECTIONS PRINCIPAL MARKETS CANADA and UNITED STATES Oshawa Ofiice (ins .uiiding vele puone 2700. C. N. HENRY J popular passions. Fascism origin- ated as the reply to militant Com- munism, whatever may have been its later developments. Primo de Rivera's coup of five years ago came from a comparatively small group of men disgusted, sincerely no doubt, with the antics of the Spanish parliamentarism. For many years Spanish Conservatives and Liberals had bought mock par- liamentary battles and pleasantly succeeded each other in office, It was all in the family. The people of Spain probably re- gard today' s-revolutionary move- ments as very much the same thing army officers, great nobles and pre- lates against army officers, great nobles and prelates. Were Primo de Rivera to be overthrown the great majority of Spaniards would re- frain from shedding copious tears. When the dictator wins out, as he has the habit of doing they are con- tent. Nobody in Spain se:m:s to be sufficiently excited to do anything drastic, neither the army which mutinies mildly, nor the dictator, who suppresses it mildly, nor the supposed popular parties which re- frain from serious threats, nor the King, who may have his own opin- ions about the situation, but stops at that point. Pattern Workers WANTED Apply or write to THE BANCROFT CAST STONE CO. LTD. Box 741, Weston, Ont, ---- -- S-- StoBIE-FORLONG 8 STOCKS BONDS Office: Reford Bu AND WELLINGTON 918 S. F. 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