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Re Vol. LXX. Samuel Farmer, Publisher, Single Copy be. . MORE SELF-CONTROL; LESS * GOVERNMENT CONTROL Jerome: K. Jerome. used to tell of a German who sat on the end of a bridge, awaiting the arrival of a policeman, so that he might find out whether he was to run across the bridge, or walk across. . There was no sign posted giving the necessary instructions. We have not arrived at that condition yet; but we are travelling in that direction, and it is our own fault. Many people adopt the "every man for himself" attitude; and, because of that, the Government has to pass laws to protect the "other fellow." These laws 'are violated, and the Government has to pass more laws with stronger teeth. A great deal has been said about prohibition, and the 'fanatics' who caused the prohibition law 'to be passed. The temperance people did not cause these "'dry" laws to be placed upon the statutes. That was the work of the hotelkeepers who violated the license laws. Not all hotelkeepers were violators of the law; but there were enough of them doing it to make the public feel that added protection was needed. History will repeat itself. ~ The greatest possible liberty will be accorded in the matter of "drinking;" that liberty will be abused; society will see that its safety is be- ing imperilled; and then more repressive' laws will be passed. As a people w we are very stupid to adopt an antag- onistic attitude toward the law. We only encourage the law breakers, and cause the passing of more laws that will be even more irksome than the original reg- ulations. What we need i is i Government control and more self. control. And self control means control of self-- "not control for self. No system of government can succeed if tie citizens are selfish. It is nota change "in the system of government that is needed as itis a change in the attitude of our: people about -keeping vt Se laws and acting decently toward others. Pie present attitude toward publie affairs is result- 'ing in'a multiplication of laws--Copyright laws, that den't allow you to open the windows of your home (if the radio happens to be broadcasting a copyrighted bit of music) without the risk of being called upon to pay copyright fees. Then there are innumerable laws that we ought to keep without any compulsion, such as Sanitation and Health laws; Speed laws; Fire Pre- vention laws; Weed Control laws; laws for removal of snow, maintaining line fences, and a hundred other laws of like nature. The worst feature of this multiplicity of laws is that they provide a means to "progressive" people to gecure a living without personal effort. Take any form of monopoly such as that recently organized for the. control of musical productions, control of this monopoly has been made possible be- cause of the copyright law; and that law was passed for the protection of authors, who had been thought- lessly robbed by the public. A few years ago an or- ~ ganization was formed to quietly buy up musical copyrights, and now you are in doubt as to whether ~. you can sing or play "Hey, Diddle, Diddle, the Cat "and the Fiddle" (in public) without being compelled to pay copyright fees. So 'Time makes ancient good | uncouth," What is true of copyright laws is true of many other laws, such as the grading of eggs and live stock, and those regulations to compel uniform and high grade production. The laws are all right, but every 'one of them provides an opportunity for the 'shrewd busi- ness man" to gain a living at the expense of the man who goes on the market to sell his produce, The man who sells is learning many things to-day, the chief of which is that he needs someone on the mar- . ket ¢o protect his interests, and that in turn will mean another law. We are travelling a very dangerous road when it " becomes necessary to regulate all our actions by law. barrel, smuggle goods into the country, hire experts " to assist us in dodging taxes, brag about the way in which we broke the law, then we are inviting still more laws. The remedy is very simple, Al we ave to do is to apply the "golden rule" instead of the rule of gold. The very simplicity of this cure cons itutes its diffi- © culty, We have grown accustomed to t to do, and are losing o out in SELF eontrol, . ORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, om ey OCTOBER 19th, 1933 a $1.50 per year in advance -- a What the Railroad Can Do. The railroad can scrap-all its branch lines; put ona fleet of trucks to haul local freight te the main line; load, the trucks (by. ramp) on flat cars for long dis- The tremendous. When we put poor apples in the middle of the eing told what : tan «trucks. hauling; unload in the same way: return the And it begins to look as though the railroad might do just that, and give us real service. . The railroad right of way could be turned to good advantage as a highway in some instances. out doubt the next ten years will see many changes. With- If the bankers refuse to there will be no war. The Bankers Can Prevent War . Germany can "rattle the sabre" and occupy the centre of the stage; but the decision as to whether there shall be war rests with the bankers of the world. lend money to Germany 'Germany owes billions to the allied nations, and it will be a terrible thing if the money lenders and munition makers of the allied na- tions betray their people for gain hy making it possi- ble for Germany to go to war, yi - MYRTLE Mr. and Mrs. W. Parish, of Brook- lin, visited at Mr, 0. H, Ditnsy! s an Sunday. The annual Thank Offering services will be held next Sunday, Ocotber 22, at 10.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., when Rev. the services. In the morning the church choir will provide the music, in the evening a male choir from Brook- lin will provide the music. The Sun- day School session has been cancelled for the day to allow everyone to at- tend both services. The sum of $125 generous response may be made to meet this objective to carry on the running expenses of the church. On Monday morning Mr. Robert Chisholm and W. Graham volunteered their, "services and canvassed the neighbourhood for fruit and vegetables for those who are in need in the West, afd were given generous donations, and quite a supply was sent from here to help fill the car that is being ship- ped from Whitby, Miss Laurina Graham. of- Prospect, visited friends here over the week end. Oshawa, visited friends here on Sun- day. Rev. J. O. " and Mrs. Totton ote tended the Young People's Convention in Claremont last week. oor GAME AND FISHERIES FIELD SERVICE Beaverton, Oct. 11, 1933 To the Editor of Port Perry Star; Below is a copy of a telegram re- ceived from the Dept. of Game and Fisheries. Your co-operation would be greatly appreciated. Mr. Hazzard, of Toronto, will conduct is being asked and it is hoped that a|- Mrs. Osborne - and daughter, off "This will be your authority to re- quest your local papers to appeal to the sportsmen in a news item to con- serve European Grey Partridge, com~ monly known as Hungarian Partridge, with which the Dept. stocked the Pro- vince - this summer and which can easily be differentiated from our native birds. The co-operation along these lines will be appreciated in view of the important part such co-opera- tion will play in assisting the Bept. to secure proper established numbers of the Hungarian Partridge in the] I am, yours tryly, ,. .... A. E. Pennell], (Overseer Game & Fisheries.) EDITOR'S NOTE--The safest way is not to shoot any of them. You will be 'pretty clever if you can tell the Province." different kinds of partridge when they are on the wing, or rising with that disconcerting W-H-I-R-R I | ! NEW EXPRESS RATES REPORTED New rates on package shipments of from one to fifteen pounds are an- nounced by the Camsdian National and Canadian Pacific Express com- panies, effective October 2. pecially intended as a service to the public in the carriage and delivery of smaller packages limited to fifteen pounds in weight and 92 inches in length, B The tariff between express points in the same province is as follows: 1 Ib. 1bc, 2 Ibs. 17c,, 3 Ibs, 22¢., 4 Ibs. 27c., ete. Between express points in any pro- vince and express points in an ad- joining province: 1 1b, 16c., 2 Ibs. 19¢,, 3 Ibs. 2Ge., 4 Ibs. 32c. From Ontario to Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova . Scotia and Prince Edward Island. 1 Ib, 16ec., 2 hs. 23c,, 3 Ibs. 32¢., 4 Ths, 49c, From Ontario to Alberta: 1 Ib. 15c., 2 'Ibs. 26c., 3 Ibs, 38c., 4 Ths. 49c. From Ontario to British Columbia: "ago, such ag that in which Rev. es A A wa) : AN OLD LOG CHURCH : Above is a picture of a typical old log church of one hundred years Dr, Thornton conducted the first Presbyterian Church Service'in the Oshawa district. It is es- TH IE 16., 2 Ibs. 206c., 3 Ibs, 88¢., b Ibs. 2 Packages must be safely wrapped for transportation, and each must plainly show the name and address of the consignee. The charges include "pick-up and delivery service at all points where express companies, -- <-> ONTARIO FARM PRODUCTS WEEK IS BEING OBSERVED "Ontario's farm products are fresh- est and best"--such is the slogan by which the farmers of Ontario hope to province conscious of the value of buying more and more of Ontario grown food products. Economically, of course, the arguments in favour of consuming Ontario grown farm pro- ducts are even greater. The farmer represents about half of us--if he can sell his products in Ontario he can spend his money here--for the goods or services so many of we town and city folk are interested in putting be- fore him. by grocers, oe aad | ud FIRE PREVENTION With an annual loss of $45,000,000 and 300 lives by fire, it is time to do something about it. This is the Gov- ernment program: 1. All dwellings and their surround- ings be carefully inspected by their occupants and all conditions likely to cause or promote the spread of fire re- moved. 2, All public buildings, stores, ware- houses and factories to be inspected and cleaned of rubbish in order to re- duce fire hazards and maintain health and safety. 3. All hotels, theatres, asylums, hospitals and other institutional build- ings be inspected and provision made for all changes necessary to protect the occupants from danger in the event of fire. 4. Fire drills be held for the children fa all schools, for the inmates of all institutions and for the employees in all large stores and factories in order that a greater degree of safety may be ensured by acquainting the occu- pants with the best and most expe- ditions mode of exit in time of danger. b. Special instruction on the sub- Jeet of fire pr evention be given by the teachers and by municipal officials in the grehools and that such appropriate literature as may available be dis- tributed to the pupils. 6. Boy Scout leaders give instruc- tions to the troops under their control as to the best means of co-operating with municipal fire departments in th | prevention and extinguishment of fires and especially as to the desirability of qualifying for the Fireman's badge, 7. All legislation and regulations enacted or issued by Dominion, Pro vincial or Municipal authorities deal- ing with fire prevention, be given pub- licity by the municipal officials and that by public meetings or otherwise as may to them seem most fit, they en- deavour to impress upon the citizens the national importance of safeguard- ing life and property from loss by fire. It would be a good idea to make a year of Fire Prevention instead-of a week, --_---- EPP --e-- HENRY WILLIS GIVEN JUDG- MENT BY JURY IN COURT AT PETERBORO of J. C. Willis, in Accident on High- way near Peterboro Last November, Roy F. McLean, of Belleville, Secures Judgment for $11,141.82 Against Globe Company, of Toronto. Judgment for $11,141.82 against the Globe Printing Company in favour of Roy F. McLean, 32, Belleville bank clerk, injured in a head-on collision last November near Centreville on Highway 28 between his car and a Globe newspdper truck, and in which three men were fatally injured, was returned recently by the verdict of the jury which listened for three days to detailed evidence presented in the case, McLean's claim was for $25,000 and the Globe Company had a counter- claim for $1,000. Judgment for $6,000 against the Globe Printing Company and Roy F., McLean, combined, and in favour of Henry Willis, of Oshawa, adminis- trator of the estate of John C. Willis, who died of injuries received in the crash, wad given by the verdict' of the same jury. willig claim was for $10,000, : ~ these facilities are maintained by the| A PIONEER MINISTER Through the courtesy of "The Oshawa Daily Times' we are able to publish two interesting pioneer pic- tures--one of Rev. Robert H. Thornton, who founded the Presbyterian Church in Oshawa and district: and the other of a ih log chureh of the early 99s. make the housewives of this banner]. A special window display] of Ontario food products is being made Action was the result of the Death West Calder, Scotland, April, Robert Hill Thornton, born in April, 1806, in Parish of West Calder, near Edinburgh, Scotland, had a distin- guished academic career at University of Edinburgh before coming to Can- ada as an ordained minister of the United Secession Church, of Scotland, His place in the life of the church and community of Oshawa became so out- standing in the years that were to fol- low that we here take pleasure in pre- senting an appreciation of Dr. Thorn- ton, from the pen of Dr. D. S. Hoig, one of Oshawa's oldest citizens. "When Robert Thornton, at the age of 26, turned his back on Scotland and on Edinburgh, just a century ago, to take up his life in what was then, al- most literally, the wilds of Canada, he was making a sacrifice, the extent of which will not be fully appreciated unless one is familiar with the ex- ceptional conditions that were present in Edinburgh at that period. This city hitd been satrically called the 'modern Athens' by some one who must have been surprised in what perfectly good faith the soubriquet was adopted by the world. Not even Oxford had an atmosphere of more pronounced liter- ary distinction, and of the brilliant group that was present at the found- ing of the Edinburgh Review, many were still in the city, although the gifted Sidney Smith had long since de- parted, carrying his wit and his sparkling talk to London. Walter Scott was but just dead, the, glamor of his genius and his achievements still pervading the city of his birth, At that time it was probably the most at- tractive place in the world for a uni- versity man and a lover of Belles Lattres. "But there was no sign of faltering in the young Scottish minister as the city of such literary attractiveness faded from his sight, and his ship bore him each day nearer the new world, The diary of a fellow-traveller, that has just come to light, tells of his helpfulness among all classes of the | passengers, and of the comfort they received from his encouragement and "uplifting sermons. "Shortly before leaving Scotland, to take up the engrossing labours that awaited him in Canada, he was mar- ried to Margaret Thompson, daughter of Joseph Thompson, of Malvehny Grove near Edinburgh. Mrs, Thorn- ton dccompanied her husband to Can- ada, and was his devoted companion | REV. ROBERT H. THORNTON, D.D. Founder of the Presbyterian Church in Oshawa and district. 1806. 18786, Born, Died, Oshawa, Ont., February, during almost the remainder of his life. They arrived in Canada after a long sea voyage, and, legving Mrs. Thornton at Cobourg, the most consid- erable settlement along the lake shore, cast of Toronto, he set out to find a field of labor and a home in the almost: trackless forest, "Eventually the group of Presby- terians settled in what is now the township of Whitby induced him to be their pastor. Worship was at first conducted in a building on Moore's Hill, to the 'west of the Union Ceme- ~~ tery. "But in a few years, a new brick church was built on the cemetery pro- perty, and here the congregation wor- shipped for many years, in fact until it was moved to Oshawa, The new church must have been a roomy structure for those days, for one ob- server speaks of as many as 600 peo- ple being in it on one occasion. This church became - the centre of the religious life of the settlement, and its membership and influence grew apace, in spite of the difliculties of the times. The minister and his family were cared for in a large farm house nearby. And this house, which soon resounded to, the cheerful sounds of a growing family, was the asylum for- many a footsore traveller in the years that were to come; the door always hung on the latch." SS iE Sir) honri"ii"-pnp-iw.. OZARK RIPLEY WILL ADDRESS ANGLERS Oshawa and district - anglers open their fall meetings in .the Genosha Hotel, Oshawa, on Friday night, Oct. 20th, at 8 p.m. The feature of the program will be an address by Ozark Ripley, on the subject Forest; Field and Stream" and this will be illustrated by motion pictures. Everyone interested will be made welcome, In his early days Mr. Ripley acted as guide for Jack London, and' the famous author of that great American epic, The Covered Wagon", Emerson Hough, and on oné occasion for the late President Theodore Roosevelt. TT EERE... ROYAL WINTER FAIR All entries should be in by November 2nd, and the Fair dates are Noperiibar 22 to 30 inclusive. The management has adopted the twin slogans for 1933: "A Royal Aid to Agriculture" and "A Stimulus to Young Canada." I pia so Wh oe "Tales of or - PA Lars Tg CoN EP Tn 3 > CV ral rl