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hee WO OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1922 The Ontario Reformer ished in 1871) An independent newspaper published every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Osh- awa, Ganads, by The Reformer Printing and Publish: tng Company Limited, J.C Ross - + = = = a J. Ewart MacKay om - Geo. A. Martin wwe. '{ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year. United States subscription $1.50 extra te cover postage, Single coples 5c, a President Treasurer Editor OSHAWA, SATURDAY, 1929. WL OCTOBER 14, THE DYING U.F.0, For the most part people of the towns and cities take but passing interest in the controversy being carried' on between Premier Drury and Secretary Morrison of the U,F.0. Whatever sympathies they do express take the side of Premier Drury who de- sires to '"broaden out" the Farmers' Party so as to include the men and women in the urban centres who hold progressive views, One thing is certain, and that is that the Farmers' Party is doomed if it continnes to be directed hy Mr, Morrison, Gordon Waldron, Col, Wo Ju, Smith and men of their type, What ave the actual facts? A very few years ago there were over 60,000 members of the 1.1.0. in this Province, Today there is only half that pum- ber and if the present slump in membership con- tinues there shortly will be less than a quarter, Two years ago there were over 1,600 active Farmers' Clubs, Today there is probably not more than a quarter of those in existence, not 200 active, Fraser while are | The United Farmers' Cooperatice Company was once a prosperous organization with an annual turn- over of $20,000,000. Last year they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars and seriously impaired their financial standing. It is commonly reported that another disastrous report will be made at the annual meeting in December next, At the annual meeting of the Farmers' Publishing Company held a few weeks ago it was shown that there had been a loss of some 13,000 in the circulation of the Farmers' Sun from the high figure of last vear, while there | has also been a serious drop in its earnings during | the last six months, | What do all these things mean, and why should there be this falling off in all branches of the activi- ties associated with the Farmers' Movement? In | our opinion it is largely due to the policy pursued at the head office of the U.F.O. When the move- | ment was launched some six or seven years ago the | rural people took it up with a great deal of en- | thusiasm. They were promised their political and | economic freedom from the old parties and the old | economie system. Promises have not become per- formanees. Mr. Morrison and his associates have | torn down but have not built up. They struetive but not construetive. are de- No institution, be it a political party, a eo-oper- ative coneern or anything else, can always thrive on destruetive methods and tendencies, There must | eome a time when destruetion turns to construction, when building up takes the place of tearing down That has never come about in the U.F.0., with the result that the better type of farmers throughont the Province are growing weary of the vivadis" launéhed by Mr. Morrison and his little group of advisers, and are quitting all activities associated | with the U.F.O. There is also a further reason for the decline of the U.F.0O. as managed by Mr. Morrison. He would | have the farmers set themselves apart as a distinet eeonomie group. | | | | | In other words he would separate into little water tight compartments each elass of | the community. But the people dre learning that | eity and eountry are dependent upon one another. | The farmer desires 3 nearby market for his products, Just as the eity man wants the farmer to be pros. | perous in order that he ean produee food and other | raw materials. The town man is ready to admit | that agriculture is our great basic indust ry, but is not ready to admit, nor do the more sensible far- mers believe, that town and country should be at | one another's throats. This country will not be | built up by arousing antagonism between elass and elass, but by eo-operation and good will. The foregoing are some reasons why the U.F.0. under Mr. Morrison is going down hill as fast as it ean go, and why the more thoughtful farmers as their like-minded brethern in towns and eities are turning to Premier Drury's *'Broadening-Out" policy as a solution of their difficulties. THE YEARS HARVEST" The final erop report as compiled by the Bank of Montreal shows that Canada will have a yield of 360000000 bushels of wheat, or 100,000 000 | greater than last year. Speaking of the Province Trees to turn of the frosty eall, of Ontario, the Bank reports that "'this Province | And carpet the ground for their Lord's foothall ; never had a more splendid all round erop than this | year. " Agriculture is Canada's great basie industry. is, therefore, gratifying to know that the country has been blessed with a good erop. It is true that | Wood for the bow, the spear, and flail, The keel and the mast of the daring sail ; prices are not as high as the farmers would like to | 806, but. the harvesting of hundreds of amillions of | bushels of wheat, oats, barley and other grains, the | I marketing of fruit, vegetables afid livestock as well | For the use of man in the Gasden of earth. as the returns from dairy produce and other lines means that hundreds of millions of dollars will be | Then lest the soul should net lift her eyes put in civeulation as a result of the farming activi- | From the gift to the Giver of Paradise, . ties of the year. This will mean a general speeding up in all lines. Canada is indeed a fortunate coun- try, and we in Old Ontario ave perhaps the most fortunate of all. L only by physicians, but by teachers, ministers and | in the years 1917-18, | at death's door | Apple and hickory, ash and pear, Trees for fruitage and fire and shade, It Trees for the eunning builder's trade, On the erown of a hill, for all to see, God planted a scarlet maple tree. Join the ""¥."' The Canvas for new members | should result in a erowded building this winter, The farmer with a good wood lot can afford to laugh at his less fortunate neighbors. A wood lot provides fuel, shelter and a good steady income, An average of 35 people per day were killed hy automobiles in the United States last. year, driving would greatly lessen that toll, ('are in The district between here and Cobourg is an ideal apple distriet, The writer saw an apple at the office of the Cobourg World this week which measured 15 inches in cirenmference, It is said that the Postoffice Department is con- sidering restoring penny postage, Hon, Charles Murphy will make himself popular if he finds it possible to make such a change, Canadians consume over $30,000,000 worth of candies per annum. While our friends in the United States manage to use $300,000,000 worth, Inbtead of having a single Candy Day these figures make it look as if every day were Candy day. Postal rates from Russia to Canada are 450,000 roubles for the first ounce and 225,000 roubles for cach succeeding ounce, With the Bolshies in con- trol of that government perhaps it is just as well that the rate is proffbitive There has just come to hand a copy of ** and Sex,'"" a monthly publication edited and pub- lished by Dr, O. ¢', J, Withrow of Toronto. Dr. Withrow is an authority on sex problems, a subject too little understood little Health and too discussed" not others who have to do with the rising' generation. The Reformer the Sleeess, wishes new publication every Both in Canada and the United States there are | acted ~ Sec' y of School Continued from page 1) fields of grain, Once the unbroken forest--now fertile farms, Mr. MacKenzie was accustomed to| tell of long journeys to Whitby, | then the only shipping port in this vicinity. Grain and lumber were hauled down the famous "plank | road' and supplies curried back to keep the pioneer families during the winter months, The homes of the settlers as well | as the schools and churches," were] generally built of logs. The chinks were filled | with three cornered pieees of soft basswood and a mor tar made of clay and straw tramped together, As he naively remarked on more than one occasion, "The lighting was not any too good hut there was plenty of ventilation." In the schools the desks were made of two hoards nailed togeiher and fas- tened to the walls, The seals were hoard benches, 1, | It 'was through the courtesy of Mr,! R. A. Hutchison, Ingpector of Pub-| lic Schools for South Ontario, that | The: Reformer was put in touch with Mr. McKenzie, The veteran school trustees spoke most appreciatively of the service of the present Public School Inspector, and also told of the various men who had served in that capacity during the half cen- tury of his experience as a school trustee, Ontario's Inspectors The late Rev. Dr. Thornton whose church and manse were located in the grounds now known as the Un- fon Cemetery, just west of Oshawa, as the first superintendent, serving for some years at a very small remuneration. Succeeding him James MecBryon was appointed Public School Inspector. .He serv- ed for a number of years and was succeeded hy Mr. John Waugh now on the staff of the Department of Education at Toronto. Mr. Waugh was succeeded by Mr, Walks and he in turn by Mr. R. A. Hutchison. In speaking of his own school on movements on foot to bring abdut a repeal of pro- hibition. While the banning of liquor is not a panacea for all our social ills, there is no doubt but that prohibition has meant a big decrease in erime, Figures compiled in twenty-five of the larger Ameri- can cities show that the arrests for intoxication in the years 1920-21 were 241,112 as against 408,111 the corner of the farm, Mr. MacKen- | zie said, "I have seen our school with 65, and I have seen it gradu: ally dwindle down to one or two scholars. I am glad to say now that it is on the increase, there being 10 on the roll with the prospects of more scholars coming to school in the near future." The Old Homestead The former figures were under prohibition laws while the latter were not. Pro- | hibition does prohibit, BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS :--Give unto the Lord the glory due His name: bring an offering, and come before him : worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.--1 Chronicles 16:29. FROM OUR EXCHANGES CANADA AND HER ATOMOBILES (Aeton Free Press) Canada takes third place among the countries of the world in the number of automobiles owned by her people. The United States is first with the total of 10.505,660, and Great Britain second with 497.582. Canada's total 463.448. Other countries come very much lower. The next in order are France, 73,900; Italy, 53,000; India, 45.983; New Zealand, 37.500; Russia, 35,000; South Afriea, 26, 4s; Newfoundland, 600. amazing is A LITTLE NONSENSE The great speed demon of the Motordrome lay and his friends gathered around him. "Well, bays, I guess I'm about to make the last trip." The spokesman of the erowd wanted to say some- thing soothing, so he eleared his throat. "We hope it will be on high, Bob, and that you don't make a mistake and get her into reverse.' A BIT OF VERSE TREES In the garden of Eden, planted by God, There were goodly trees in the springing sod, -- Trees of beauty and height and grace. To stand in splendor before His face. Oak and beech, and the tulip rare, The trembling aspen, the noble pine, The sweeping elm by the river line. Trees for the birds to build and sing, And the lilae tree a joy in spring Mr, MacKenzie lived his life on {the one farm, and until a few weeks ago was active in the direction of its | affairs. Recently his son, James, a | former Reeve of the Township, | come to live with him and is "'car- | rying on" on the old homestead. They have a beautiful farm of {acres with well tilled fields border- (ed by fine rows of maples planted by Alex. MacKenzie hitself; a fine house, splendid outbuildings, a well | kept orchard and garden, and on the | corner of the farm the little o!d weather beaten schoolhouse of clap- | boards surrounded by a picket fence. It was in this school and its predecessor MacKenzie 255 that Mi has' We Serve Oshawa For a long time the Simpson Store has heen known and patronized in 'Oshawa. The recent establishment of its branch office here brings it closer than ever to Oshawa citizens, In your homes you now share the splendid shopping advantages of those who live in Toronto; the excellence of Simpson merchandise; the convenience of telephone and delivery services; the marked econ- oinies to he effected in purchasing. For those who aim to give there are no opportunities appearing daily in the evening. their shopping dollar its longest run more profitable than the sale programs Toronto press and reaching your hands every For all who like to purchase their personal and household com- modities with the assurance that behind the transaction stands a hig store, distinguished by services and facilities, and guaranteeing satis- faction or money back and with a local office manned by local people --Simpson's is the logical shopping centre, SIMPSON Cgueany 3 Direct Lines The Robert Phone 1280 - "I have | finished | the faith." | passed the allot- and ten" of the |nicle. now awaits the call | Peggy Joyce Beyond. It is men like 4 MacKenzie who have | old he fought a mould the the minds and characters of younger generation, Has Fought a Good Fight Today the schoolhouse is like the aged trustee, somewhat the worse of wear and showing the strain of | the long battle with Father Time. But Alexander MacKenzie looks out can truthfully good fight, say, I have words of famous women. my course, I £0 remarkable | He ted '"'threescore Psalmist and to the Great Alexander have kept bas long since hadn't married before. and a confident \ on the world with a clear conscience eye. Like Paul of made what the it 1s. history of Old Ontario | | Commercial. You never hear about the las: It ism't for women to hg | the last word.--San Francisco Chro 1s. engaged again. | She must have found somebody she Buffalo | le made them of every grain and girth -- Bliss Carman in "April Airs" It is QUALITY that Counts-- Tod's Bread BIG-DANDY BREAD Tod's Bread Delivered "Quality To Make it the TEST ! A FAVORABLE PRICE IS ALL RIGHT, BUT IT DOES NOT COUNT IF YOU GET IT AT THE EXPENSE OF QUALITY--FOR QUAL- ITY IN THE BREAD MEANS HEALTH AND WITHOUT HEALTH NOTHING COUNTS. . It Is Quality Bread -- and Is the superlative in quality--in taste--in the flavor --in the nutriment--in the wholesomeness. 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