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| PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY at A ' 7, 1929 ar Oshawa Baily Times . THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent ne published every after noon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canadas, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas, M, Mundy, President; A, R. Alloway, Secretary, The Oshawa Daily Times is 8 member of the Cana. dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Aer sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dallies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 30c » week. By mall (ont side Oshaws carrier delivery limits): in the Counties of Ontario, Durham snd Northumber- land, $8.00 a year; elsewhere in Canads, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICB 407 Bond Building, ya Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaido 0107, H, D. 'Fresidder, repre. sentative. BEPRESENTATIVES IN U.8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York snd Chicago, ---= THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929 "WHY THEY LEAVE THE FARM A body which is styled a "committee of experts" claims to have discovered the cause of the constant movement in population from the rural to the urban centres, The general impression among people who are not experts has always been that the worker in the city gives fewer hours to his labors and re ceives better financial returns than the man on the farm, and that this causes the movement cityward. But these experts, who probably know nothing more about the subject than what they have heard from other experts, have satisfied themselves that it is the monotony of rural life that accounts for the exodus from the rural districts. Had this survey been made a quarter of a century ago, there might have been a sounder basis for this conclusion, Rural life is no longer drab and mono- tonous, for the reason that the automobile, tele- phone, radio, newspaper, magazines and good roads have brought the city to the country and taken the country to the city. y If some of these self-styled "experts" would spend 2 winter among the people whose welfare they aim to improve they would find conditions entirely dif- ferent from what they see through their smoked glasses, They would find many causes for the trend from country to city. For one thing, not every boy and girl born on the farm is attracted by farm life, and another suitcase is packed, Another boy who finds his way to the city is the one who reads, in news- papers and magazines that come to his home, of the success of others, achieved in the city, and not on the farm. And, after all, a certain amount of move- ment from the farms to the cities is essential to keep up the supply of doctors, lawyers, ministers and legislators who have made so great a eontribu- tion to the life of this country, in spite of, or per- haps because of, the fact that they were born on farms. UNIFORMITY OF SENTENCES A peculiar instance of the lack of uniformity of sentences given by judges for the same crime came to notice a few days ago, when a London man was sentenced to two years in prison on a charge of manslaughter, arising out of a case in which a man was killed by an automobile. Another man, William Haskins, had previously been found guilty of the crime, and was given five years in the penitentiary. But he was innocent, for after his sentence two girls came forward and testi- fled that they had been in the car which caused the death, and that its driver was not Haskins, but another man named Arthur Ward, who had persuaded them to say mothing about it, but who did not count on the murmurings of conscience. The result was that Haskins has been cleared of the crime, and Ward found guilty and sent to prison for two years. But the point is that if Haskins deserved five years for the crime, had he been guilty, why should Ward guerit a sentence of only two years for it, and par- ticularly when he had shown a willingness to let another man go to the penitentiary for an offence which he had committed. If anything, his guilt was intensified by his later actions. It is strange that two learned judges should dif- fer so much in the sentences imposed for the same offence. This incident seems to indicate that there fs meed for a uniformity of sentences, and for a changing of the laws so as to provide for this uni- formity. At present, everything seems to depend on the disposition of the judge, and should 2a man come up for sentence after a judge has had a bad might's sleep or an attack of indigestion, things are liable to go hard with him. But if the judge has just had mews of a jump in the price of his favorite stock on the market, then the penalty is likely to be greatly minimized. At least, that is the way it would appeal to the average man. BRITISH INDUSTRY IMPROVING The pitiful tales of conditions in the British coal mining districts have given rise to a feeling that England is, industrially, in a perilous condition. While it is true that conditions in the coal min- ing industry are almost hopeless, and there is very little sign of relief in the near future, Bri- tain, in other lines of industry, has been show- jng a remarkable improvement. The Canadian trade commissioner at Bristol, on the west coast of England, had just submitted one of periodical reports on industrial conditions in his sectior, and the report is surprisingly aptimistic. . In every line save the irom industry, / ing for the future, he reports improvement and au optimistic feel- The automobile and motor- oycle industries are enjoying prosperity, Export trade in boots and shoes is improving, and In one district alone the number of unemployed has recently dropped from 10,000 to 2,000, This report is encouraging, and gives rise to the hope that it may yet be possible to solve the problem of the miners by finding an outlet for them in other fields of industry, This, of course, is being attempted, but progress must, of neces- sity, be slow, for it means transferring population from one section of the country to another, Yet that there is some improvement in general industrial lines is a good sign, It shows that Britain 1s on the upgrade, and that, even when things look the darkest, there are still bright spots on the horizon for those who are willing to take part in the battle for industrial betterment, FOOD PRODUCTION PROBLEMS The department of agriculture of the United States has come out with frank advice to the far mers of that country to curtail their production of staple products, such as lamb, milk and butter, fruit and wheat, This is an interesting piece of advice, since it encourages a lessening of the sources of food supply for the people of the world, The problem, however, is not a new one, since it involves the most elementary of economic laws, that of supply and demand, When there is over- production in an article, and the supply exceeds the demand, prices drop. Then comes a tends ency to reduce production until the price rises again, and an endless cycle if formed, from which there seems to be no escape, It is questionable, however, if the proper remedy is to be found in a deliberate curtailment of production, Foodstuffs are always in demand, and the solution, it seems to us, could be more readily found in having more ordérly marketing principles, rather than in deliberately interfering with the law of supply and demand, . Curtailment of production takes into considera- tion the rights of only one section of the people of the world, the producing class, and does not figure on the hardships which might be caused to those who Bre in the position of consumers, and who might find it difficult to pay the enhanced . prices caused by under-production, For that rea- son, a solution of the kind suggested can only defeat its own ends, and cause a bitterness of feel- ing between two classes which should co-operate for each other's good at all times. EDITORIAL NOTES One of the world's greatest intelligence tests is the test of sudden prosperity, : The thing that most girls need nowadays is not a riding habit but the habit of walking. There is none so blind as the woman who passes a shop window without seeing her own reflection, Wealth and prosperity count for very little com- pared with the hearty handshake of an old and tried friend, - Trotsky was not in the severe storm on the Black Sea, as reported, but even if he had been, it would not have been a new experience. He has been in quite a few bad storms in Russia, The people of Chatham may be right, in principle, in asking for assistance with highways running through the city, but they will find out that, with the Ferguson government in this case might, and not principle, is right. The speaker at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening remarked that only 15 per cent of Canada's surface was fit for agriculture. But that fifteen per cent makes a wonderful contribution to the wealth of the country, Canada possesses nearly one-fifth of the coal in the world, yet is not producing annually half of the coal consumed within our own borders. This is a situation which can only be remedied by educating the people of Canada to use fuel produced within their own country, ~ Other Editors' Comment -- ENGLAND TO FRANCE (London Daily Express) ; The obstacle (to the Channel Tunnel) hitherto has come from military 2nd naval mandarins of the type that will never believe Britain to be safe until we have annexed Saturn and fortified it against an attack from Mars. The Channel Tun- nel has mothing to do with any problem of de- fence. It must be considered and judged purely as a commercial undertaking. As such, the ver- dict base already gone in its favor and should now be put imto force. ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH : (Liverpool Echo) It is no use any man going to Canada who is not prepared to work hard and for long hours. Emi- grants must always be prepared to meet and over- come difficulties. There are no nice farms awaiting them and no soft jobs in the towns. But Canada must, in the nature of things, offer better ospects than an overcrowded country like Great Bri to the man with good health and courage who has to depend on his own resources. fl er BisokVerse , GREAT, WIDE, BEAUTIFUL W. Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World! With the wonderful water, round you curled, And the wonderful grass upon your breast; World, you are beautifully dressed. The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree; It walks on the water and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the tops of the hills. You friendly Earth! How far do you £0, With the wheatfields that nod and the rivers that flow. With cities and gardens and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all, yet, when I said my prayers today, hisper inside me d to say: You ate Snore than the Earth, though you are such a it: You can love and think, and the Earth can not! --William Raps, [ i (ta Clapce Good-evening folks! I Wonde r I wonder if you'd like someone With softly waving hair, With dark and wondrous thrilling eyes ; 1 wonder--would you care? I wonder would like someone, Whose every glance could thrill, Whode eves look, whose lightest ouc Your every thought would fill? Alas, I fear he'll ne'er be thine, Because this little dog is mine, A, G, Oshawa » * This Year of Grace She's not a good cook, But what {8 more proper She sure is a great Delicatessen shopper, --Butfalo Who anr I to quibble Or her talents to ban, As long as she's strong And can open a can, --R., M. 1 Border Cities Star. * * Courier, At last satisfaction Creeps over my face, For now we continue To lunch at cafes, * * Ww There dwelt in and around the great City of Oshawa, Known far and wide for its resourcefulness in industrial progress, a bright Ititle feathered creature called a wood- pecker, Now this little woodpecker was brown and black and red in spots, and earned his living by picking insects from trees, Now it came to pass that a day or two after this little woodpecker began residence in the city, that a would- and branded him as a robin, early ---returned from the south, Joy of joys, a robin had returned in the middle of January from the south, But our friend woodpecker was not to be branded thus for soon he re- sented his new name and became thoroughly disgusted at the devel- opments, so he flew away to Bow- manville or somewhere else, and there likely he is today. The story is not to tell why the woodpeckers are not so common here this year, but rather to point out the fact that robins are not in the habit of coming back to a snow-clad country 80 early. When you see a robin, make sure its a robin and not a woodpecker you see, and as a result the ornithologists in the city will Bot beconre all excited over moth- ng. uf ® % % » All of which we respectfully Mer . RENRUT - Bits of Humor - DUMBELL "How did you enjoy the Mardi Gras in New Orleans?" "The best I ever ate."--Montreal Star, INVENTOR'S TRIUMPH I eat my peas with honey, I have done it all my life; They do taste kind of funny, But it keeps them on the knife. STATION C-0-0-K "So you have engaged our former cook?" "Yes, but don't worry--we believe a tenth of what she about you."--Passing Show. ENERGY IN THE WRONG PARTY don't says thusiasm:" "Yessah from every job I tackles." ~Camera Fun, GROW YOUR OWN Stenographer--Bob, dear, when we are married, will you still continue to give me flowers every day? Clerk--No, I'll give you 2 box of seeds and you can grow your own. A PLEA FOR NEATNESS The Royal Automobile Club of England is issuing a leaflet giving hints to motorists. One suggestion will be that used pedestrians should be stacked up neatly in the gutters. --Auckland News. THE CHEAPEST WAY i Wife--"Oh, John, I've discovered that the woman next door has a hat ke mine." ub--"Now, I suppose, me to pay for a new one. Wife--"Well, dear, that would be cheaper than moving." THE DISTINCTION Waiter: One moment, sir and I will make out the bill. Did you have soup with mushrooms or with hari- cots? Patron: I don't know; it tasted of soap. : aiter: Oh, then it was haricots --the mushrooms tasted of petrol to- day. --Passing Show. NOT SO PALATABLE Mrs. Newwed (at dinner-table): "I was going to have some sponge cake as a surprise for you, dear, but I confess it was a failure." Mr. Newwed: "What was the mat- ter?" Mrs. Newwed: "I don't know for sure, but I think the store sent me the wrong kind of sponges. Frank Sizer wag sentenced to 18 months at Owen Sound for at- tempting to pass a forged cheque. Investigation proved that he could you'll want OUR CONFESSION --0O Lord, though our iniguities testify against us do thou it for thy mame's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.--Jeremiah PRAYER--Ii we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleapse us from all be ornithologist became enthused: "Sam, are you ever fired with en- By James W. Barton, M.D. HOME LIFE AND WORK I have spoken about a preacher in the old country who was in the midst of a serious church union dis- turbance, He was the subject of many bitter attacks in a portion of the press, and at ible and private meetings. otwithstanding all. this, he went about his. work, well, happy, and smiling, Asked how he could maintain such a calm and happy front he replied "Everything is all right at home with the wife and children; they are all well." I likened this man's home life to the recharging of a battery each night when he returned home, as he thus disconnected the wires of his busy troubled life, connected them with the storage battery of the home life, and thus was ready the next day for his work. Now Glenn I. Gardiner studying the lives of industrial workers, tells us that the home life of the worker has much to do with his producing his product at the factory. He says "The worker whose home life is not healthful, who is not eat- ing the right food, who does not get enough of the right kind of rest, is sure to lose his pep in his job, Observation of lunches carried hy working men led to the conclusion that there is a close connection be- tween what a man puts into his stomach and what he puts into his job." What about this? There isn't any question but that only three things enter into the health of the worker. Work, food, and rest, If he is working in an up to date factory he is likely getting proper light and ventilation, as he does the physical work required of him, The other two factors, food and rest, depend upon himself and his wife or housekeeper. : Clean food, well balanced in meats or eggs, vegetables and bread, milk, butter and fats, with plenty of liquids, is squarely up to the house- wife, That is her job, His rest depends upon himself. Not less than eight hours of solid sleep should be his portion, if he is going to be able to do his work properly and avoid the accidents that happen so frequently to tired workers. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) TODAY'S LIST OF AUTG AC.IDENTS | CAR HITS HYDRO POLE Toronto, Feb, 7, -- William B, Wright, 38, 2318 Bloor street west, required five stitches in his right cheek last night after his car had done some spectacular skiuaing on King street west, ending in a wreck against a hydro pole. Wright was attempting to pass a westhound street car when his automobile ee StoBiE-ForLoNG 6 @ BONDS Noad Office: Reford AND WELLINGTON STS. S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshawa -- Abeve C.P.R. Offs Phones 143 and 144 skidded to the sidewalk and struck a hydro pole, rebounded against the side of street car -and bounc- ed off again to strikepanather hy- dro pole, -- THROWN FROM TRUCK Toronto, Feb, 7.--DB. Sugar, 40 Grange avenue, was admitted to the Western Hospital last evening suffering from cuts about the head received when the wagon which he was driving collided with a street car on Queen street west of Augusta avenue, Sugar was thrown from his truck to the pavement, TRUCK FALLS INTO DOCK Kingston, Feb, 7. --- A motor truck in which two employes of the Kingstan Shiphuildirg Company were transferring lumber, fell over the edge of the company's drydock yesterday and crashed to the hot- tom. Both men jumped in time to save their livts, The truck crashed through the geaffoldirg placed in position to secure the steamer Turret Cape, which is un- dergoing repairs at the dock. SMALL GIRL INJURED St, Catharines, Feb, 7, -- Mary, ten-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Thomas Hall, 19 Dacotah street, is in the General Hospital with serious head injuries due to being struck by a motor car driven by Samuel Burstyn, 226 1-2 James street north, Hamilton, late last night, NOVA SCOTIA'S COAL-FIELDS Though the Sydney coal-fields is the most important in Nova Scotia, there are also important productive fields in Cumberlan and Pictou countries, 3 BOXER DIES IN RING Scattle, Wash, Feb, 7.--A boxing card was abruptly ended here last night when Eddie Cartwright, Port- land, negro, died shortly after he was knocked out by Cecil Geysel, of Seat- tle, He went down for the fatal knockout after a series of blows on the chin. you want it! drums beat 2a unbridled! For Sale he Y Yoel O and entirely ectrical The new Electrical Reproducing Orthophonic Victrola No, 12-15 is a Victor development which makes home music delightfully flex- ible. Would you give a dance? 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