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| PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929 Che Oshawa Baily Times "THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER Printing Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, See- retary. The Oshawa Daily Times is s member of the Cana: SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15c a week. By mail in Canads (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 » _ year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bood Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D Tresidder, representative REPRESEN1ATIVES IN U. 8S. Pcwers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929 LIQUOR AND CONVICTIONS The figures respecting. convictions in the. police court of Oshawa in 1926, when the Ontario Tem- perance Act was in effect, and in 1928, under the Liquor Control Act, are worthy of careful study as an indication of the effect of this change in liquor legislation. It cannot be claimed that all crime is due to liquor, but there arc certdin types of offences which are directly the effects of the liquor traffic, and certain other types which have some relation- ship to it. 1t is rather astonishing, but not surprising to those who predicted that this very thing. would happen under' a system of the open sale of liquor by the government, to note the tremendous increase of of- fences directly or indirectly attributable to liquor. _ It is well to note that, in the first place, the popu- lation of Oshawa increased during the two year pe- riod 'under comparison, because it might be claimed, quite legitimately, that an increase in the number of police court convictions would be expected as a re- sult of 'the city's growth. As a primary factor in the case, therefore, it is well to state that the city's population increased by 38.8 per cent in the two year 'period of transition from the O. T. A. to the L. C. A. should first be established. That being established, it is significant to note the percentage of increase in police court convictions. Convictions for offences against the Liquor Con- trol Act in 1928 were 1204 per cent greater than offences under the Ontario Temperance 'Act in 1926. The percentage of persons convicted of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated was increased in 1928 by 58.2 per cent over 1926. Convictions for non- support, an offence commonly associated with the drinking of excessive amounts of liquor, jumped by 250 per cent in the two years. Convictions for as- sault, also very often the result of liquor drinking, increased by 111.5 per cent. These "figures speak for themselves, and need no "comment. They show the extent to which offences against the law have increased in Oshawa in the two year period, and, in proportion, the offences have increased at a rate far in excess of the growth in population. Surely this is convincing evidence that the Liquor Control Act is not having the good ef- fect on the behaviolir of the people of Ontario which its advocates claimed it would have, but that, on the contrary, there has, simultaneously with its op- eration, been an alarming increase in the amount of crime in this community at least. UNNECESSARY NOISES _- In his annouhcement that he proposes to wage war against unnecessary noises which might disturb the slumbers of the citizens of Oshawa during the night, Chief Friend is on safe ground. It has be- come an accepted principle of medical science that noise is one of the great enemies of the human physique, particularly noises which deprive body and mind of the rest which is required for the renewal of strength and vigor. In fact, so strong has medical science emphasized the harmful effects of unnecessary noise that many municipal councils have accepted the medical view- point, and have passed by-laws providing penalties for those guilty of making the night hideous with their discordant clamor, whether it be by means of automobile horns, shouting on the streets, or by the indiscriminate shrieking of radio sets and gramo- phones at unreasonable hours of the night. Ham- ilton and Calgary are outstanding examples of cities which have cnacted such by-laws, and a more recent instance occurred in England, where regulations were passed by the Ministry of Transport, a department of the government, for the elimination of excessive traffic noises. Most of the noises created at night are so un- necessary, and so useless, that no hardship will be inflicted on anyone by their climination. But those «who have to suffer from them are so numerous that Chief Friend will earn the thanks of a large body of the people of Oshawa if he can reduce them to a minimum, KEEP THE GAME CLEAN The fact that an Indian lacrosse player at Brant- ford is facing prial for manslaughter on account of ihe death of an opposing player whom he is alleged to have attacked in a game, has brought vividly to the forefront one of the reasons why lacrosse 'is not so popular as it used to be. At the banquet tendered to the General Motors lacrcsse team in Toronto on Monday night, speaker after speaker laid stress on the necessity of climinating uncalled-for Lrutality and rough play from the game if it is to go ahcad. The ¢ . yg ---- -. Brantford incident is just ome illustration of what might happen in a lacrosse game, as played by some of the teams operating today. There is no reason on earth why lacrosse shouid not be one of the cleanest of sports. It cab be played in a clean manner, and while it is a strenuous game, there is no need for that strenuousnmess to descend to the level of brutality. z There is no greater proof that lacrosse can be played in a clean and sportsmanlike manner than the record of the General Motors team in the Mann Cup series. Many of those who saw these games have lauded the Oshawa boys for their gentlemanly, ex- hibitions of lacrosse. The games were keenly con- tested, but not one opponent was disabled as the result of questionable tactics on the part of any General Motors 'player. When players in & game with the championship of Canada at stake can play cleanly, surely it should not be hard for players in games of lesser importance to do likewise. The game of lacrosse is a wonderful game, but it has been marred by the existence of too much rough and questionable play. It would be well if other teams would take an example from the manner. in which the Oshawa players conducted themselves in the Mann Cup series as a model on which to build up the game in the future. NEWSPAPER COMES FIRST The name of W. B. Foshay has, in recent months, become very well known: in Ontario. Mr. Foshay is a big business man, who owns and operates important concerns in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central Mexico. He has been a successful big busi- ness man, and is numbered in the ranks of America's millionaires, ; It is interesting to note that, in a recent interview, Mr, Foshay gave a great deal of credit to newspaper advertising for the building up of the business which he controls, Coming from a man who has earned the success that he has, his words are worth weigh- ing, since they express the results of personal ex- perience. Mr. Foshay says: "We appreciate the great things that the newspapers of our country havé dorie for us, and 1 think without a doubt you get more for your money through the purchase of ad- vertising space in the newspapers. than, you do for any other money. you spend. "There has been' a lot of -discussion as to the best means of advertising. To say that any one medium is the best advertising ine- dium' is an impossibility because of the diver- sity of things to be advertised, necessitating a diversity of mediums, From the viewpoint, however, of anyone who wants to get to the biggest number of people with something everyone can use, there is no question in our minds that the newspaper is the best medium," There is no need for comment on these state- ments. Mr. Foshay, in them, passes on to others the benefits of an experience which helped to make him a millionaire. Of course, it is not' claimed that advertising will make every man a millionaire, but it is a proven principle that it is just as effective in helping the man who is in business in a small way to achieve success; as it is in aiding those who are engaged id big business, . A SUCCESSFUL MISSION When it was announced, some months ago that the Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, British minister of en- ployment, was to visit Canada, the general impression was that his mission was to find some means of transporting large numbers of the unemployed work- ers of Britain to this country., Now. that he has been here and has started on. his homeward journey, it is possible to analyze just what he has been doing in Canada, and the result is that there is no indica- tion of any effort to unload the unemployed of Britain on the shoulders of Canada. Yet Mr, Thomas had a definite mission, and, ac- cording to his own statement; it has been a syccess- ful one. His mission was to stimulate trade between Canada and Great Britain in lines, of industrial ace tivity in which Canada is an importing country. One of the chief of these was the coal industry. Britain is a great producer of coal, but the lack of markets has hampered the coal industry there to such un extent as to create a serious problem. In this direc- tion lay some possibility of Canada being able to help the Mother Country. . Canada is a coal importing country. Her imports of coal from the United States each year run into millions of tons, while practically none is imported from Britain. © This was Mr, Thomas' opportunity, and he made the most of it. It is announced: that the C. P. R. has given a trial order of 100,000. tons of Welsh coal, and if this order meets with expec- tations, it will be the forerunner of others. The keynote of Mr. Thomas" parting message, that the two countries might profit by an exchange of Canadian wheat for British coal, shows thc direction in which he is working. Success in efforts of that kind will mean a great deal more to the working people of Britain than any migration. scheme which would remove them from difficulties in the old land to perhaps greater difficulties in the new. EDITORIAL NOTES The Liberal leader claims that Ferguson's mani- festo is one of election promises. Did anyone evet sce an election manifesto that was anything else? W. B. N. Sinclair has at least won some reputa- tion as a prophet. Most people were inclined to laugh at him this spring when he predicted a fall election, . "The man who owns a home is a stockholder in the Dominion of Canada," says the Brandon Sun. And he is holding a stock that is not likely to take a slump. . W. F. Nickle has declined to lead the prohibi« tionists of Ontario in an united effort against the government. So the search for a modern Moses will have to continue. It that seaplane which travelled 368 miles an hour could only carry enough fuel to travel 3000 miles, the pilot could have breakfast in England and sup- per in Canada. * United States bakers. and confectioners have been discussing a five day week with six hours work a day. If this goes much farther, working days will in time become as scarce as holidays are now. -- After hearing all the nice things which have bein said about them, one would hardly be surprised ii the General Motors Lacrosse players find it neces- sary to buy a larger size in hats, Other Editor's Comments CANADIAN FORESTS (Detroit News) Pulpwood at a low price is an ever- increasing need. for this vast Great es district. The Canadian supply is not inexhaustible; much of it has 'been taken from Crown lands with no provision for reforestation.' New sources of supply are needed, and one answer can be found in the tremend- ous resources of North Russia, hith- erto almost untapped. THE SLOW ROAD-HOG (Detroit Free Press) A slow driver, who disregards the ights of other motorists, is as much a road hog as is a fast driver who does so, and he is equally obnoxious. He is a positive danger, to the gen- er.! public also, because he inter- rupts the regular, steady flow of traffic, forces faster driven vehicles to cut in and out of the line of travel, obscures vision and upsets the calcu- ations necessary to safe motoring. HOOVER AND GREAT BRITAIN (P. W. Wilson in The Sphere, Lon- don) : : The theory that Hoover is anti- British is preposterous. On the board question whether the British Empire should continue as a basis of stability throughout the world Hoover is as convinced as His Majesty the King himself. © Whether the British: Em- pire in its present form will continue for ever and ever, world without end, is a question not answered definitely by any thoughtful Briton. Byt any idea of breaking up the Empire, as Germany was credited with wanting to break it up, is absolutely foreign to American statesmanship. UMMER LEARNING FOR gi TEACHERS (Halifax Herald) . The public concern about education has been roused in an unmistakable way of late, and those courses sO largely attended by teachers at the summer school give eloquent testi- mony to the response the teachers at such time will make. It did one good to observe the willingness with which they sacrificed so much of their holiday to go to college again themselves, and take measures against "getting stale." Only. those who con- i to learn yng we believe that the summer 1% freshing of the teacher's mind wil bear abundant fruit in better service to the school. . Bits of Humor - ALWAYS LAUGHING "1 am not thin skinned. I am the first to laugh at my own fool- ishness." "What a merry life you must jead."'--Gutierrez, Madrid, ---- IMPOSSIBLE "If you won't marry me, I shall blow my brains out." " "Oh, Henry, how could you?" -- Pele Mele, Paris. AS YOU WERE He: Don't go. You are leaving me entirely without reason. . She: I always leave things as I tind them,--Tid-Bits, MAYBE THREE FEET She: 1 wonder what the correct skirt length will be next season? He: 1 understand it will be just a little over two feet.--Answers. WANTS TO CHECK UP "And why, my man," asked the chaplain, 'are you here?" "Well," replied the prisoner, "Just Tun through the Ten Com- mandments and I'll tell you if I've missed anything."'--Tid-Bits. THE PLOW HORSE "I know my oats," the plow horse sald. "1 treat the boss just right. That's why he feeds me first eacn morn And beds me down each night. "Blah, that's the rooster's. wisdom tooth," Replied the Yorkshire bull, "He treats his horses all alike Because they've got a pull. A bulletin board outside =a church announced Sunday's ser- mon: "Do you know what hell is?" Underneath was printed in smaller letters: "Come and hear our new organist." Bits of Verse 1 TO MY SMALL SON, AT THE SEASHORE I watched you scoop your shovel through the sand, Piling it shining in a golden swell, And with a ve. - damp and careful hand Erect a wall about a citadel-- Three somewhat crumbly towers, crowning thus A universe of personal creation, Where you, my som, absorbed, ob- livious With childhood's infinite preoccu- pation Held sway, and did not hear your mother call, wn Being engaged in this more wcirhty thing. on How patently all else grows trivial, Compared to worlds of one's own . fashioning! i ing ; Ah, Little Sunburned God, upon your knees, : , Juggling the fates of sandy dynasties! --Sata Henderson Hay in the New Yorker. The Charge to Keep == Watch apd pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.-- Matthew 26:b1. Prayer Help us daily, Lord, to watch and pray and keep busy striving to help others, can effectively teach. |: THAT where you see pros- p ns you will find thcy believe in AD- VERTISING. THAT their growth . indicates they have served the people well. THAT the resulting satis- faction has meant increased business. ; THAT they, always sell the best at the price, THAT their merchandise reflects a credit to their store. THAT their constant aim is to serve. THAT they satisfy their cus- tomers and they come back again. THAT their business is growing and growing fast. 'The reason isn't hard to guess--they are consistent, persistent ADVERTISERS. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING IS SMALL IN SIZE BUT LARGE IN POWER. YOU CAN FIND IN THE NEWS- PAPER ADS THE SOLUTION OF YOUR WANTS, WAR NOT A GAME When nations fight they are en- raged. They fight to kill. They are not engaged in athletic contests at a Sunday school picnic. They are likely to use the weapons which will do the most damage to the other fellow. It is not foolish to try to eliminate war. It is not foolish to make international agreements re- garding the size of peacetime arma- ments. But it does seem foolish. to try to get nations to promise that they will not u:: this weapon or that weapon, if war comes. We can hardly hope to persuade the world to go back to the days of bows and arrows. That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. GALL BLADDER PAIN IN DIF- FERENT REGIONS 1 spoke recently about onc of the old medical writers calling the liver the "king of organs," owing to its importance to the health of all the other organs and tissues of the body. You are hearing so much about that little attachment of the liver-- the gall bladder--which stores tae bile, that some one is going to call it the "prince of organs." When it begins to give trouble, due to formation of gall stones or inflam- mation of its lining, severe attacks of pain is the outstanding symptom. As students we were taught that this pain was in the upper right part of abdomen, and went over into the right shoulder. Research men now tell us that in questioning patients they find that the pain while in this region in the majority of cases, may jb right in the centre of upper part of abdomen, where you always think the stomach is situated. A number of cases re- ported the pain as lower down on the right side, in the region of the appendix. Now it has been found that a great number of individuals have gall stones and have no symptoms. Nature seems able to do her work even with this collection of. stones in the gall bladder. ' However when some pain occurs in regions mentioned above, and this pain js severe, and sharp, it is well to keep the thought of gall stones or an inflamed bladder in mind. In former days the physicians and surgeons had to go by symptoms only, but the use of the dye test now gives an accurate picture of the con- dition of the gall bladder in 95 to 98 per cent of the cases. What is my thought? It has been found that whether you er ee SroBiE-FORLONG STOCKS G BONDS a ¢@ RAIN Head Office: Retford Building BAY AND _S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager' Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA are young or old your chances of a successful operation in every way, depends on how long the condition has existed: The shorter the time you've had the trouble, the better the result is likely to be. If then you have sharp attacks of pain that, you think of as severe "in- digestion," have considerable gas for~ mation, it would be wise to consult your doctor as to the possibility of some gall bladder disturbance. In the meantime, cating less food, and cutting down on fats and pas- tries would be good sense on your part, JOHNS MANVILLE JOINS U.3. GYPSUM Merger Involving Assets Exceeding $250,000,000 Announced New York, Sept 19.--The New York Herald-Tribune today will say that the Johns Manvile cor- poration, the Insulite company and the United States Gypsum com- pany have joined in®the largest amalgamation in the history of the building industry, with assets directly involved in excess of $250,000,000. The Herald-Tribune will quote J. M. Kamps, general sales man- ager ofthe Insulite company, as saying the transaction did not in- volve any exchange of stock and should be viewed more as a pool- ing of manufacturing and distri- bution interests, Mr. Kamps said the Institute or- ganization would manufacture all Johns Manville insulation products wost of the Alleghany mountains. The Insulite and U. S. Gypsum company will pool their tremend- ous resources through the United States, Canada and in all foreign countries. Taking into considera- tion the foreign affiliations of the companies, business properties worth more than $1,000,000,000 figure in the deal. , Mr. Kamps admitted that hte distribution facilities of the United States Gypsum companies, which has headquarters in Chicago, 'and the Insulite company, with head- quarters in Minneapolis, had ef- fected a complete consolidation of their facilities, His statement fol- lowed a long distance telephone conversation he had with Edward W. Backus in Minneapolis, Mr. Backus is Lead Backus-Brooks company, which acts as holding company for the Insulite company, The Great Lakes Paper Company, Ltd., the Inter- national Lumber company, the Na- tional Pole and Treating company, the Minnesota, Dakota and Western railway, the Fort Frances Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd., the Ontario and Minnesota Power Co., Ltd., the Kenora Paper Mills Ltd., the Keewatin Lumber company and the Kenora Paper Co., Ltd. The Insulite company is a sub- sidiary of the Minnesota and On- tario Paper Co., one of the many Backus-Brooks industries. of the : V4 / Nm Hes ES Sa IEA 74 HH) ®. Va It is estimated that Canadians make moreextensiveuseof thetelephone than any people in the world. The number of conversations made in 1027 in the Dominion was 2,108,400,000, includ- ing 31,400,000 Long-Distance calls, with his MPANY LiMIT 2,462 Telephone Companies ANADA'S 2,462 telephone companies are doing a great national service in maintaining, through heat and cold, good weather and bad, an uninterrupted means of communication through- out the country; for nothing so contributes to harmony and Norilrern Flechic nationalization of thought as the ability to communicate--a man neighbour--one nearby community with another, or even with distant parts of the world. The Northern Electric Company has been privileged to supply equip- ment for most of these companies. 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