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PAGE TWO OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1922 -- er re The Ontario Reformer (Established in 1871) An independent newspaper pub. lished every other day (Tuesaday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Oshawa, Canada, by The Reformer Printing and Publishing Company Limited; Charles M, Mundy, Presi. dent, Managing Director and Treas- arer; A. R. Alloway, Assistant Man- ager, GEO. =. A. MARTIN Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year, 'United States subscriptions $1.60 extra to cover postage. Single copies be. \ D OSHAWA, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, CHAUTAUQUA MOVEMENT SPREADING The Oshawg Chautauqua to be held from July 6 to 13 makes com- ment on this manifestation of west- ern democracy timely, While the Chautauqua had its across the line in the United States, it is no longer exclusively American, Just as the Chautauqua, begun as a| Sunday School summer school for Methdoists, has outgrown its re- ligious connection and become strict- ly catholic in its scope, broad enough to embrace all Christian re- ligions as well as the Hebrews, pre- senting a program that is non-sec- tarian but always Christian; just 80 has the travelling Chautauqua thrown off any national garments it at first wore and has become a citi- zen of the world-at least of the Eng- lish-speaking world. Chautauquas are now conducted 'n all the English-speaking coun- tries except South Afriea--that is, within another season this will be the case when the recently announc- ed British venture of the Dominion Chautauquas gets under way a year hence. Programs have already heen given in every province of Canada, in Australia, in New Zealand for three summers, where Chautauqua is perhaps the biggest success of any part of the world, and in every state of the United States and Alaska. World's Work recently gave some illuminating statistics regarding the Chautauqua for the summer of 1920: Number of Chautauquas held in United States and Canada, 8,581. Number of Chautauquas held Canada alone, 891. Number of season tickets sold in United States and Canada, 5,148,600 Number of season tickets sold in Canada alone, 768,000. Total number of different people that attended in Canada, 1,463,750. Total number of different people that attended 10,456,500. Aggregate attendance in United States and Canada, 36,868,900. (It should be borne in mind that many people attended oftener than once and were therefore counted several times). Commenting on these statistics World's Werk says: "Such figures find companionship only in those at- tendant upon the growth 'of free schools and the modern expansion of journalism, The Chautauqua has become an institution of almost world-wide proportions, supplement- ing the schools and the press in the diffusion of contemporary enlighten- ment. As well suspend the news- papers and close the schools as to shut the door on the Chautauqua." Chinese students in the United States are said to be a unit for the adap- tation of the idea to their country. The Chautauqua has meant much to the people of Oshawa as it has to the people of other towns and cities It is to be hoped that the Chautau- qua will this seascn be liberally pat- ronized, as such an institution can- not perform unless there are large numbers of people gathered under the tent at every session. in LET SPEED MAKE UP FOR DELAY Last December when the Board of Education requested the Town Council to set aside funds for new schools in Oshawa, it was contem- plated making a start on construc- tion in the early spring. But the Council dilly-dallied; and them the Board of Education found certain nhetacles in the way. As a result there have been several months of delay in making a start to provide accommodation that is urgently needed. The Board of Education's first step was to secure the money from Council. It has now taken the see- ond step in appointing the archi- tects to provide the plans and speci- fications and to supervise the work of construction. There should be no further delays. The months of de. lay must be offset to a considerable extent by speed in calling for ten- ders, awarding contracts, and in hur- rying along to completion at least oné of the two mew schools. That the over-crowding in the schools will be acute in the fall seems evident. The silver-lining to that cloud, when it must be faced in September, will be in knowing that within a few months, if speed is shown, at least one mew building will be ready to /house the children. beginnings |. Officially, summer is ushered in tomorrow, May it not follow June's footsteps in giving us an overdose of chills, A great railroad employees' strike in the United States is threatening for July 1, Vacationists will find Uncle Sam's domain a good place to keep away from on the "Glorious Fourth," Congratulations to Hon W. 8. Fielding who has been in politics 40 EDITORIAL COMMENTS | : Week at The Capital (By Ian Dunelm) (Special Correspondent of The Re former.) Ottawa June 17--It has become almost custcmary to have two bud- get speeches per session now; one laying down taxation proposals and another modifying them, Sir Henry Drayton led the way since his acceptance of the finance Ministry and in his last effort he brough: down so many modifications that when his budget was passed neither he nor his officials knew what it years today. Few Canadians have been in public life for as many years who retain the confidence and es- teem of political opponents .and the country at large as much as does the veteran Minister of Finance, Level crossing fatalities, drown- ings due to cramps while bathing, or because of carelessness in a canoe, occur frequently, The wonder is that by this time every person does mot sufficiently value his or her ilfe to take more precautions, BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY Kingdom is Within: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there- for, behold the kingdom of God is with- in you,--Luke 17:21. WHAT OTHERS SAY MAY BE AN OBSTACLE Woodstock Sentinel-Review: The Toronto Methodist conference con- demns- tobacco in all its forms, and criticizes the Ontario department of agriculture for encouraging the growing of tobacco. The terian general assembly provided a special tent for the accommodation of smokers. Will tobacco hecome another obstacle in the way of church union. H-is upech HOW TIMES DO CHANGE Wobcester Telegram. Remengber way back when German cartoonists were ridiculing J. Pierpont Morgan as the "trust king?" What would the Germans have thought if some- one had told them that along in 1922 Mr. Morgan's son would be in Paris, taking part in arranging for an international loan to a bankrupt and defeated fatherland CRISP COMMENTS It is generally agreed that who- ever founded England, located it too near Ireland.--New York Tribune. The dry commissioners have ruled that a dandelion is not a fruit, and those who are trying to grow a pretty lawn will fully agrée.-- Indianapolis Star. No one expected the supreme Court decision in the Coronado coal case to satisfy ' radicals, and the court is not likely to revise it to conform to thgir views.--Cincinnati Enquirer. Winston Churchill has postponed his statement on Ireland. But he might as well issue it. Any state- ment on Ireland is always a couple of days behind the news. --New York Tribune, A BIT O' VERSE OUR FATHERS. We are the sons of our fathers -- Passionate, free and bold; Bred of the storm of battle, Cast in their might mold, Proud of their ancient glory, Strong with their ancient might, Reared with their world winning story Sung in our ears at night, And we, as the sons of our fathers, Must live by the ancient light. Our fathers they smote the forest, Our fathers they bridged the sea; Our fathers came down and built the town Where the myriad peoples be, One hand on the sword-hilt riding and loved and fought, and they won, God wot! A place and a home for all. And we, as the sons of our fathers, Must follow the ancient call. Our fathers sang, and their singing Was sweeter than prophets' words, Our fathers rejoiced, and their glad- ness Was lit by their leaping swords; One God, one land, one woman, And these with their lives to ward, They blazed their way from the East- land gray, By mountain and sea bestarred, AnAd we, as the sons of our fathers, We too, have the three to quard. Our fathers bequeathed us honor And the glory of toil and song, And the deathless joy of longing, And hearts for the battle strong; And our faith, and a load, and our women, And the children that round us rise, And by God's good grace we will purge the race Of wrong, lest their glory dies, That a fairer land than our fathers planned May for our children rise. --Hugh J. Hughes. Fielding who has been polities 40 Preshy- | meant, and now Mr, Fielding has followed in his footsteps. The re- sult of the last modifications, how- ever, was to swing the support of [some ten or eleven on the other side of the House and give the Liberals a majority of 18 on their budget. The end came after rather an ex: citing night. Nobody knew just |what was about to happen, although {it was generally felt that the govern- {ment majority was safe. First of all there was the Drayton amend- ment, castigating the g®&vernmdnt for alleged breach of faith with the people in not carrying into effect the tariff platform of the Liberal 1919 convention. That went down to a bitter defeat Mr, Meighen hav- ing only 51 votes behind him, and {those including half a dozen on the | Progressive and Independent side of the House. Against this the gov- ernment had a majority of 114, An interesting sidelight on this vote was the fact that eight or ten of | the Progressives and Independents, [including Miss Macphail, had to be | forced to vote by the speaker's call. When the vote came on the main {motion the galleries of the House were filled to suffocation and there {was an alr of tenseness among | members and spectators alike. | Many people had stood in the cor ridors from about seven o'clock un- I'til one in the morning in the hope of being admitted to the already crowded galleries when the vote was taken, "The attraction, of course, was the chance in the pop- lular mind that the government | might be defeated. With ten of the Progressives and Independents voting for the government, however, that chance was quickly dispelled and it became only a matter of how big a majority the Government would have. Mr. Fielding's modifications had the effect of winning over some of the Ontario and British Columbia Progressives and also making the Conservative opposition to the bud- get less severe. These included a change in the currency 'valuation regulations by which the standards of value of England or Holland were to be used for the valuation of Ger- man and Austrian goods; changes in the automobile taxes by which cars costing more than $1,200 would pay omly 5 per cent 'up to that amount and then 10 per cent after- wards; changes in regard to candies and soft drinks, to distribute the burden of the latter a little more evenly and to relieve the cheaper candies; and lightening of the a taxation and rigarettes, Fertilizers and on cheaper cigars beet suger pulp were freed of the Sales Tax and the cheque stamp taxes lightened 30 that there would be a graduated tax, the maximum amount of which will be two dollars. Mr. Fielding iso took a leaf from the English taxation book and applied a two cent tax on receipts for amounts of aver ten dollars, Taken -all in all, the modifications generally were pleasing, One ap- narently innocent little resolutidn which will raise a lot of fuss, how- aver, prohibits the manufacture of home brew beer. "Champeecns of the Peepul" threaten to rise in their wrath and demand that this be struck out of the laws, holding that a man has a right to brew beer in his own house if he wishes to dec so. To-day the House starts work on the Budget resolutions and in the | case of some of them, the laws con-| tained therein come into effect as | goon as the bills are given royal as-| sent, which will be at an 1 probably a week hence, The resolution favoring appoint- ment of a compulsory wheat board by concurrent legislation between | the Dominion and any two provin- | cial governments went through the] House easily, but there will be) plenty of fight yet on the bill which | is due in the House about Monday | or Tuesday. However, it appears that the bill will probably pass and | the Progressives will not go home quite empty-handed. This may be about the only thing] they can take home out of their de-| mands, however, for the Crow's] Nest Pass agreement seems to have! little chance of being revived, al- though there will he a strong fight for it in Parliament, The committee which has been dealing with trans- portation costs will have its report ready for presentation about Tues- (Contnued on page 3.) Don't wait tili the ship goes down before you grasp a Life Line. Get a line on The Insurance Company "Policies Good as Gold" HEAD OFFICES LONDON, CANADA Agencies in all principal cities E. Hubbard, Dist. Representative, 221; Simcoe St. ndon Life' 4 Why neglect your complexion when you can begintouse Lifehuoy today? 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