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PACE SIX OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9; 1922 GOUNGILLOR MAKES REPLY T0 CRITIGSH Claims Misrepresentation In| Editorial In Newspaper Of Fellow Councillor Editor of The Oshawa Reformer:-- Dear Sir:-- something is wrong with your argu- ment. Then you say that a berry grower brought his produce to Oshawa be- cause he could get five cents a box more than any other place. Does it cost any more to grow berries tb sell in Whitby, Bowmanville or any- where else than it does for Oshawa. If berries are worth five cents a box more to eat in Oshawa than any- where else, why bread is worth two cents a loaf more to eat here. For a man who controls an enterprise which is supposed to mould public opinion to set forth such arguments seems to me absolutely ridiculous. The following is a letter which I have sent to the Editor of The Osh- | awa Telegram, which you may care] to publish: -- we | It was with keenest pleasure that| I read your two column article in| last Thursday's issue be-rating me for my acts as a councilman for the town of Oshawa. I am delighted! that at last somebody has said some- | thing or done something which has penetrated your "shell" sufficiently for you to express an opinion whe- ther right or wrong. Your electors ni the North-East ward will be de- lighted to learn that their represent- ative is alive. Now sir, your article caught me under the belt several times. There- fore there is one of two things to decide. Either you can't under- stand clear King's English or I don't make myself understood when I speak, Consequently I want to take up your article point by point. First you write that I want to ap- point a fair price commissioner for the town of Oshawa whose duty it would be to go into a store and regu- late the merchant's prices, If my memory does not fail me I stated in bringing my mo- tion for appointment of this commissioner before council that this could not be done, The thought is so silly that it seems waste of time to pay any attention to it, I expressed very clearly that the duties | of the commissioner would be to as- certain the prices of commodities in other towns and publish them. You go further and say that I said the merchants of Oshawa are robbers and over-charging their goods. You handle the truth very carelessly when you make that remark. I said the fair price commissioner could work as much good for the merchant as for the consumer. He could show the people they were not over- charged just as well as he could show them that they were. «Why A Fuel Controller?; To show how absurd your article was you say that competition will regulate the price. If this is true why did you vote for the fuel con- troller to come to Oshawa. There are eight or nine coal dealers in Oshawa and if that is not com- petition enough to regulate the price Not satisfied with dealing with the subject in hand you have to attack me for my opinion about the Hous- ing commissioner. Right here let me say, Mr. Editor that you evident- ly have not stud' 'd very carefully into the duties which confront you as a representative of all the people of the town or you would not write what you did. Let these facts sink in. Your property and my property and the property of every citizen in town is bonded to pay for the hous- ing commission houses. What I main- tain is that no municipality or private company can take such a long chance as to build a three or four thousand dollar house and sell it for one hun- dred dollars down and small monthly payments and play a safe game. Such a proposition is not, fair to the other property owners of Oshawa whose homes are bonded to pay for these houses regardless of what hap- pens. You say that I have heen howling about the Housing commis- sion. I hae asked some questions about the Housing Commission which I have never have answered and lat me tell you right here that I am go- ing to keep on howling until I find out what I want to know. You, like numbers of other councilmen, sit at m-e!.ngs and think everything is ell right 'because somebody tells you it is. Not Good Business I asked the representative of the | Housing commission how many hous- es have been sold with a hundred dollar payment, Did I get an answer? No! Why? For they know very well it is not business to sell houses on any such terms and that they are not protecting the majority of the rate- payers when they are doing it. i asked another question which even the eclebrated auditors from Toronto could not answer. One year the Commission built some frame houses and sold them supposedly at cost. The following year they came along and put verandas on these houses without any cost to the purchaser as near as I can find out. Where did this money come from? If the house was built according to specification in the first place what was the big idea of coming back a year later and putting on the verandah. see that the Ontario Government gets publicly one of your fellow council- "Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves." But in dealing with public funds this doesn't work out and a man of your years and experience ought to know it. North-east ward should be sure you do know it before they send you back to represent them again, pay every day in the week higher wherever they wish for thos things and nobody can blame them, but we which our local merchant is confront- ed with doesn't let us all rally to the support of our local merchant, of Oshawa that they can get just as ess concerns with headquarters in Toronto are not going to help build brought the subject up I am going er, who is paying a large annual tax First thing we know the Housing Commission will be giving all their purchasers a year's groceries free of cost. But bear in mind that your property, my property and every other property in town is bonded to its money back. That debt to the Ontario government at the present time 1s "'only" $416,283.35. Stil you as a councilman would criticize men for asking a question or two. You must goon the principle of, If you don't the electors of the You close your article by saying: "The man or woman who is asked to prices for the things he or she must have is certainly entitled to send don't believe that exist." Support Local Merchants view of the such conditions In competition today from Toronto it is high time that we found out whether this condition does exist or not. If it Let the Fair Price commissioner show the people low prices and even a better grade of goods than from Toronto. Busin- up our town, they pay us, Very little taxes will Now that you have to place all the cards on the table and let the trumps fall wherever they may. Oshawa grocery merchants are complaining about Toronto competi-| tion and yet they purchase one kind of goods which has a big daily sale from a Toronto manufacturer and think they have made a good busin- ess move. Why did not the grocery merchant go to the local manufactur- to the town treasury, and put the matter fairly to him? They as one class of merchants cannot expect to establish that it is fair for them to deal in Toronto, but not fair for people to purchase their line of goods out of town. Although I have not gone into this subject as thoroughly as what a com- missioner, such as I wanted appoint- ed, would I have gone into it deeply enough to know that people are rushing to distant markets without first taking the trouble to find out what the same article can be pur- chased for at right at home. Every instance where a price is found to --_-- be better than anywhere else should be made public. The confidence of every merchant and every howmse- holder should be firmly established to the truth that his home town is the best place in which to do busi- ness, Just because of this lack of confidence thousands and thousands of dollars goes out of Oshawa every week. Who Extended Credit? Less than. a year ago we had a business depression which swept the country. Although Oshawa-was hot as hard hit as many places, who were the merchants - that extended their credit and kept many and many a family from want It was Lhe Oshawa business men. People must bear in mind that all the foreign dealer cares for them is to get tlieir money. Order ten dollars worth, of groceries, When delivered tell the driver that the pay cheque has mot been cashed yet, but as soon as il is the money will be sent in. What happens to the goods? They go bck | -- into the delivery rig and will not. be |= left until the cash is forth coming. If you, sir, as a member of 'the : Oshawa council, had tried to deal with a question which means much for the welfare of this town instead of passing over it as lightly as you do the affairs of a body which in- volves the town in a debt of aver $400,000 you would not have writ- ten as you did, I don't believe, You say: "If Councillor Preston wants to help outsiders kill the town, he's taking the best course possible." In return I say if you want to kill the town keep on advocating baying in distant markets. I say without fear or favor any merchant or house- holder gaining his livelihood in the Town of Oshawa who buys outside the town without first ascertaining local prices is a traitor to the com- munity in which he lives and is not entitled to he called a good citizen Yours very truly, Robt. D. Preston. William Thompson, 31 years old, Niagara Falls, was fatally in- jured at the forebay, Queenston, | when he came on contact with i live 12,000 volt line. ACE, The dread of submarine attack was first experienced in England about 1800 when Robert Fulton's experi- ments with his submarine, then re- cently concluded in France, affected London society, still fearful of an invasion of the British Isles by Napo- leon. According to the documents published in "Robert Fulton and the 'Clearmont,' " hy A, C. Sutcliffe, Ful- ton built his Nautilus during the latter part of 1800, and on Feb. 28, REGENT -- TO-NIGHT MUSICAL MAGPIES VAUDEVILLE Enlarged Snapshots for Gifts These cost but very little and make splendid Christ. mass remembrances, For the friend who has been with you on some outing, no more suitable gift. We put these out in attractive mounts--framed it you wish. Bring in your nega- tives or pictures now if you want enlargements for Christmas. We would be glad to show samples any day. THE REXALL STORES Jury & Lovell F. W. Thompson from. Napoleon, then first consul, to send his boat against the Eng- lish fleet. Fulton appears to have accepted the proposition after con- sidering the matter four days and agreed to the terms of contract. He was to receive 400,000 francs for the destruction of warships carrying more than 30 guns, 200,000 francs 1801, received authoritative word for those of more than 20 up to 30, 150,000 francs for those of from 12 to 20, and 60,000 francs for those of 10 guns, Fortunately nothing came of his experiments. REFORMER CLASSIFIED BRING RESULTS, ADS King St. West WE MAKE AND SELL CIDER AND HAVE KEGS FOR SALE OSHAWA CANNING CO. Phone 93 sets in. minimum cost. Plumbing Service comfort you suffered last winter because your plumbing had not been properly looked after? 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