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"i : A 'ts LY "1 a ® or -- ARM Ag independent newspaper published every afternoon 'except: Sudays' and legal holidays; at Oshawa Canada, 'by Mundy Printing: Company, Limited; ,/Chas, M, Mundy, President; A..R. Alloway, Sec: retary. ; The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana. a sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and Audit Bureau of Clculations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES i Delivered by carrier, 15c & week. By mail in Canads, } | & : (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 » year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 44 ; 407 Band Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone ' ut 9 | Adelaide 0102. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENIATIVES IN U. S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1929 THE SINCLAIR MANIFESTO In an-elebtion "manifesto of twaity' points, W. E. N. Sinclair, 1éader of the Liberal ty, 'has placed before ithe: people 'of Ontario his: in platform. Apart 'from the divergence of opinion with regard to whether or not the people should 'be allowed to vote, by: plebiscite, on the liqudr question, there is little in it that raises any election "issiié. "In some respects, it is' remarkably akin 'to that of Premier Ferguson, save that, here and there, it goes even farther than the manifesto of the Conservative leader: » W LJ Ld ' One of the respects in which Mr. Sinclair is pre- pared to go farther than Mr. Ferguson is in con- nection with the financing of provincial highway construction and maintenance, This has long been a bone of "contention, particularly wifli tle urban !' municipalities which have had te,pay part of the cost of highways adjacent: fo their own boundaries. I x 'tion parties to make. Instead of having all rural municipalities contribute twenty per cent of the cost. of ighways within thelr boundaries, and, in the case of separated towns and cities, twenty per cent of the costs of highways with- in their suburban areas, the Liberal leadér would have the government assume the whole burden. In many Quarters this would be a popular move, since there have been strong objections to this levy on niunicipalities for highway costs. The increase of grants to the rural municipalities on township roads would also be a popular plank in any platform. At present, the grant on these roads amouiits to thirty per cent, and Mr. Sinclair is pre: pared to inerease it to forty pet cent. This, of course, is along somewhat 'the samme lines as the declaration of Mr. Ferguson that he proposed to spend. greater sums of money on the county and township roads. ® LJ LJ » - The other pledges of Mr. Sihclair, for the benefit of agriculture' in Ontario, are very similar to those of Mr. Ferguson, for they include references to ag- ticultural research, aid to co-operative marketing, ceductions. in rural power and light costs, énd a policy of improvement of rural educational facilities. All of these are commendable, but, as was pointed out In these columns when Mr, Ferguson issued his elec- tion manifesto, they are more in the form of routine problems of administration, rather than issues on which a mandate js required from the people of On- tario. * a LJ " The demand Mr. Sinclair makes for ecomoniy in expenditures is one which is quite usual for opposi- He gives a definite plédge that a survey of taxation will be made "to enable taxa- 'i. tion to be reduced, to eliminate double taxation, and b : 1 | to relieve the municipalities of a portion of their burdens now caused by enactments of the legisla- ture," In this respect, Mr, Sinclair is promising a great deal, and is making a strong bid for popular sup- port, for there are few citizens who would not ap- preciate relief from burdensome, taxation. Yet, in studying this aspect of the Liberal policy, there is one angle of it which should be considered. The Liberal manifesto pledges the party to.eliminate the municipalities' share of the provincial highways costs, to have the.prevince assume the whole cost of old age pensions chargeable by the federal government a: against the province, to increase grants to township toads, to reduce automobile license fecs to a nominal amount, and to assume the municipal taxes on aban-' _ doned: farms in "Northern Ontario. $ iid 1 an 3 id tn wo 3 ie J 4 H 1d i This means, if it means anything at all, that Mr. sinclair would have the provincial government as. ume many millions of dollars of new obligations, shd discard millions of dollars of revenue from auto- nobile licenses, ¢ontributions to thé provinefal high- yays' costs, and from the municipalitics' percentage nf the old age pensions, 'How there can be any re duction in taxation, under these conditions, with ex- . tra expenditures and reduced revenues from specified solirces, is hard to figure out. 3 LJ ® - L Mi. Sinclair's manifesto makes his position. with segard to the liquor question clear, It takes cogni- «ance of the fact that the Liquor Control Act is on the statute books, and, being there, it must be rigidly snforced." hat, of course, goes without saying. But ho;is hlso prepared to 'recognize the fact that the peaplé of Ontario have a ¥ight to express their opin- dons on liquor legislation without having political _ considerations tied up with it: Fis shi beret ij) this "hepeRpEet 18 "Clear, Tor lie says: "ho people are entitled to a plebiscite on this cuéstion and the submission of the temperance question to the people will be granted when de: manded. In such a submission, the will of the people can be expressed apart front any political or party feeling, and at a time when there is not the undue excitement of an election campaign," Putting that alongside the declaration of Premier Ferguson that as long as he is at the head of the government; the people will not bo allowed a plebis- cite on the: liquor of any other question, it makes "dian Press, the Canadinn Daily Newspapers' As. THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1929 east : Some A o who ave : Act is a backward step, and who see in Mr, Fergu- son's platform no ity for any decision as to its removal, apart froi the results of a purely poli- tieal vote, will see, in Mr. Sinclair's 2810, their ~only-reasonable hope'for having the lquor question decided only" og 'its. own merits, .. - A So ;. Ld v . "\ Mr. Sinclair's manifesto, however, does not bring into the limelight any great issue such as might be expected in a general election campaign. There is nothing 'in the manifesto of either leader, in fact) to stir up much interest in the campaign, and it looks as if Ontario Is doomed to have the dullest election it has had for many years. HONESTY IN BUSINESS ~The evidence which has been given. by Witnesses before the Royal Commission which is investigating the Amalgamated 'Builders' 'Council 1h London, On- tario reveals a 'condition which cannot by any means be considered as creditable to those involved in it. There have been many admissions: of practices which amount to little less than plain graft. Contracts, according to witnesses, have been padded, so that compensation could be paid by the successful. con- tractor "to those who were unsuccessful, and the persons paying for the work, of course, Nad to bear that unreasonable and illegitimate expense.' The revelations which have been brought before the commission dre serious ini theniselves, and, with. out wishing' to anticipate any action by that body, it is not going too far. to.say that seme drastic recommendations may be expected, \ There is another aspect," however, which is serious, The evidence given at London. is of such a nature as to undermine public confidence in the system of letting contracts by tefider." One 'of the fundamental essentials of the conduct, of. business affairs is hon- esty, and if there is grave doubt as to the honesty of tenders which are submitted, then the whole structure of business relationships, in that line of industry will be undefmined, 'S It is not suggested, of course, that all contractors are engaged in practices such as have been revealed at Londons But in the atmosphere of suspicion' and mistrust that has been created, the innocent suffer as well as the guilty. For that reason, it is to he hoped that the findings of the Royal Commission will. be such as to eliminate the undesirable features that have been disclosed from the building construc- tion industry. A SIGN OF GOOD BUSINESS One of the most reliable business barometers in Canada is the record of payments of income tax into the treasury of 'the: Dominion. Before anyone be. comes cligible for this tax, it is necessary that the income on which to pay it must be earned, and the more people there are whose incomes are over the amount of exemption, the greater the total of the tax. 1t is, threfore, encouraging to find that there has been, in the first five months of the present fiscal year of Canada, an increase of well over $9,000,000 in the amount of income tax paid into the Dominion treasury. On the whole total, 'the increase works out'at close fo twenty pér cent on fast year's pay- ments, This is a conclusive proof that conditiofis in Canada have been improving, and that the people are 'be- coming more and more prosperous, It is significant, too, that the increase is not confihed to any one section of the country, for in every provinee, except the Yakon territory, much more income tax has been paid than was the case a ycar ago. And since there can be no tax without a proportiongte income, it is safe to say that the people of Canada arc carning mote than ever before. TRADE WITH THE ORIENT A few days ago, speaking before the Oshawa Ro- tary Club; Dr, Teyhi Hsieh, noted Chinese diplomat, spoke at some length on the awakening of the new China, and of its growing importance as a field for the products of Canada. His statements are amply borne out ina report which has been issucd by the federal department of trade and commerce. This report shows the remarkable growth of Canada's ex- port trade with both China and Japan, Within a very few years, Canada's trade with these two countries has grown from practically nothing to a total of over $70,000,000 a year, $40,000,000 of this trade being with Japan and .the. balance with China. Thanks to the efforts of the Canadian trade com- missioners in these countries, that tradé is growing very rapidly, and the end has by no means been reached. New markets are being opened up in the Orient for many classes of Canadian products, both of the field and the factory, and it might very well be said that, should the door of the United States to Canadian products be even partially closed, there is a door in the Orient. which is opening wider with cvery passing year, and which may yet provide a means of overcoming the difficulty of securing valu- able markets for Canada's surplus products, EDITORIAL NOTES Fron now until October 30 the people of Ontario will have every opportunity of learning what fine people they are. The visit of the Rt. Hon, J. H. Thomas to Canada has convinced many people that as a politician he is an excellent salesman. "The peach, harvest is' very: good," says the St. Catharines Standard. This is a 'rdthér unusual ad- mission to come from. the peach district. . Two men 'In Soviet Russia have been senteticed to death- for speculating What & Holé a similar law in this country would make in. Canada's: population. Irrespective of politics, everyone will admit that the banquet fendéred to. Premier Ferguson in Tor: onto was a remarkable demonstration of the loyalty of his followers. i : Coal production: in Canada has increased ten per cent in the last three months. "Tt will have to in- crease a great deal nore, however, before this coun- iy will be able to get along without importing any uel. "It 'is presumed that Oshawa does not include elec- tion speeches among the needless noises it proposes to banish," says the Peterbore Examiner: No, unfor- tunately the police chief's cdiet refers only to un necessary noises, and clection speeches come under the heading of necessary evils, Other Editor's Comments THE TIPPING EVIL (Quebec Action Satholigue) There has been much praise lately 'of the 'practical spirit of the "Get- mans, who, to attract tourists, have prohibited tips on their trans-Atlan- tic steamers. They have done away | with tips, all well and good. But will{, anjone va 4 attention to their in- structions at the "question. And it is more to the point than one imagines. In Italy, officially, the tip has been abolished. In practice it is more savagely extracted than it' ever reins, A FLAGLESS COUNTRY (Toronto Star Letter) Sixty-five flags decorated the face of the city hall during Canadian: Na- tional Exhibition, Sixty-three were union jacks, which, with their crosses of St. Andrew, St. Patrick and. St, George, represented the British Isles, Homage was paid to a foreign state by the inclusion of two American ags. - n the whole collection there was not a 'single Canadian eniblem. To American visitors inquiring the rea- son, we must confess with shame that ours is a country without a flag. -------- IT ISN'T. GOOD BUSINESS (From U. S. "Labor") American. statesmen should not make the mistake of underestimating the pulling power of the appeal Mr. Thomas' is making to Canadians to buy more from Great Britain and less from the United States. True, there is nothing new about the doctrine of "British Preference," but it was never presented at a more opportune time or by a more persua- sive advocate, The dynamic and eloquent "Jim- mie" is appealing to the hearts as well as to the heads of Canadians. If he cannot get results, no one can. Then, the Canadians are in a re- ceptive mood. In addition to their natural sympathy for the Mother Country they have a special griev- ance against us, i While our sales to Canada are in- creasing at an amazing rate, oir tar- iff makers are planning on still fur- ther restricting the market for Can- adian goods in this country. The latest figures reveal the folly and unfairnéss of such' a policy. For the twelve months ending July 31, Canada bought from the Un- ited States goods valued at $902,00,- 000, an increase in one year of $139,- During the same period our im- ports from Canada totalled $510,000, 000, an increase of $33,500,000. 'To this should be added the expendi tures of American tourists in the Do- minion, an enormous sun. ow Canadian imports from the British Ere we a sai crease of $7,000,000, winle h ales to the Empire totalled $490,000,000, a decrease of $30,000000. - Those figures do not indicate that this country is in any danger of be- ing flooded with "cheap goods" from Canada. Rather they show that the Dominion is & customer worth culti- ing. ; ead of raising the tariff on Canadian products, wisdom would suggest that we lower it. . 'Bits of Humor - | SE URE YOURE CURED MAKE $S E AST "I have less dread of influenza than of its consequences." "Yes, 1 haven't paid my last doc- tor's bill, either."--Mostigue -------- OR PURR Motorist--I have killed your cat, but 'have come to replace it. Old Lady--Thank you very much, but I am afraid that you cannot catch mice.~Buen Humor, Madrid, NOTHING BETTER "Living in the country you ought to keep a pig." : "I tried. it once, but my wife and daughter got so fond of it that 1 could not kill it, It died of. old age and then they insisted on having it stuffed."--Faun, Vienna. TRICKY CREATURES "Wonien always - say they younger than they are." "Not always. I promised my fian- cee a necklace with a pearl for every year of her life and she said she was five years older thah she was. Buen Humor, Madrid. THAT'S SETTLED Aunty was entertaining hér two nephews. Putting out two pieces of cake, one much larger than the oth- er, she said: "Now I want to see which of you has the better manners." "Oh, Jimmy has!" said Johnny, as he grabbed the big piece~Tit-Bits. TIT FOR THAT At a fashionable restaurant a girl had just finished luncheon and was preparing to light a cigaret when a waiter showed an elderly woman to her table, "I do hope you won't mind me cating while you are smoking?" said the newcomer, acidly. "Not at all," came the ready re- tort, "so long as I'm able to hear the orchestra." --Tit-Bits. TRANSFORMATIONS Mother: Tell me why you don't like your new doll, darling. Henrictta--Because she's like Aunt Mabel. Her complexion comes off. | Answers. are The King Eternal-And sitti down they watched him there: Pr set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS~Matthew 27: 36, 37. ; Prayer: "We praise Thee and confess Thee ow holy Lord and King" That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. TREATING THE MIND FOR . INDIGESTION I often think it would be a good thing for the patient, and the doctor also, when a patient who has been suffering with "indigestion" for a considerable time asks for (reatment, the doctor: would treat that condi- tion 'as being very scrious and need- img careful attention. So many of these cases have been in the habit of going to a doctor, and if 'relief" is rot obtained in one or two visits, go on to another. They take the medicine suggested by one doctor for a short time, try something c¢lse recommended by a friend, and theh on to another doc- tor. Now the very fact that the patient consults the doctor for his dyspep- sia or indizestion shows that: he needs attention, whether that ate tention is given to his mind or his stomach. The doctor, therefore, instead of "proving" to him that he has neither cancer or ulcer, that stomach juice has right amount of hydrochloric ace id, and therefore there is nothing wrong with him, should make com~ plete tests of the work of the stom ach and intestines. This may cost time and money, but it is the shortest, the cheapest, and the most satisfactory way of treating thesc cases of "chromic in- digestion." ; Very often although there is no cancer, ulcer, tuberculosis or other such condition, there is a delay in the 'emptying of the stomach, = per. haps in the time the food takes to go through' the small intestine, and 'la long delay in the large intestine. Now from the doctor's standpoint, as tere is no organic epndition, he is apt to tell the patient there is noth- ing wrong with him, give him per- haps a suggestion about food or ex- ercise, and the patient is dismissed. Now- this patient is in real need of full and straightforward advice a- bout his' living habits. His diet should be' carefully outs lined, definite exercise prescribed, and if necessary measured by the doctor for an abdominal belt that will sup- post the. organs until he gets some strength from his abdominal exercis- es. This immediately does away with drugs, which in his case have been upsetting him physically and mental. ly. Yoon can' readily sce how "brilliant" results can be obtained in these old cases of indigestion, if a little more thought is given to the patient. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) CHARLES H. PRISK, EDI- TOR AND MANAGER OF THE PASADENA (CALIF) STAR- NEWS, SAYS: "Did you ever stop to think of the factors which contribute to- ward building up a ity ? Foremostly, we must have high ideals, public spirit, unselfish loy- alty and broadspirited harmony among the residents of the com- munity--particularly these who, from their special fitness, fall into leadership in community affairs. "Did you ever stop to think that the best type of American newspa- pers today are the most potént of all factors in the building of a com- munity? Analyze keenly, thorough- ly, impartially, and you will place the laurel crown on the newspapers as the greatest conununity-propelling and upbuilding force. "All progress today is intelligent. Much of the gencral intelligence of today is derived from the newspaper. What great community enterprise could be carried through to success without the support of the news paper? The newspaper is the great coinniunity storehouse from which the people draw their information on all public affairs, The newspaper challénges progressive enterprise, stimulates forward-looking thought, animates the minds and hearts of men and women in striving to make the corfimunity greater, better, more attractive, more delightful in which to live. "THE NEWSPAPER IS THE CLEARING-HOUSE FOR CI. VIC ORGANIZATIONS, FOR CITY PLANNERS, FOR THE LEADERS OF THOUGHT AND ACTION LIFE. CONC AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF CONSIDERABLE POPULA- TION, WITHOUT ANY NEWS- PAPER IN IT--CONCEIVE, IF YOU CAN, THE STAGNATION THAT WOULD PREVAIL IN SUCH A COMMUNITY. CON- TEMPLATE THE TYPICAL . PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY AND NOTE THAT IT HAS AT LEAST ONE CLEAN, WIDEAWAKE, PRO- GRESSIVE, COMMUNITY. PROMOTING NEWSPAPER GENERATING PROGRESSIVE, UPBUILDING POWER, LIKE A GREAT DYNAMO. WHAT THE SCALES: SAID "Here's your scales, Mr. Skinner,' said Georgie, walking into the but- cher shop and handing the scales to the gaan who stood behind the coutit- q er. "All right, son," replied the man. "May I ask why your parents want ed to borrow my scales?" "Well, we've got a new baby at our house,' replied Georgie, "and we wanted to weigh him, but we didn' have any scales." "I sce," beamed Mr. Skinner. "And how much did the baby weigh?" "Thirty-five pounds, sir!" OPPOSES BELIEF IN POWER OF GAS American General Believes Poison Gas Humane Method in War Washington, Sept 23---Although firm in the belief that chemical warfare is the moste humane ever used on the battlefield, Major Gen- eral H. L. Gilchrist, new chief of the Army chemical warfare ser- vice, opposes the betlef that an aerial chemical warfare service is comparatively new in this country and is continued mainly for defen- give purposes, General Gilchrist is working on the theory that it should keep abreast of scientific developments in foreign countries in the use of gas for destructive purposes, However, he is skeptical of theories advanced abroad that millions of persons may be killed by small quantities of toxic gases Gistributed in an airplane attack. General Gilchrist 1s reticent about the rrcbable uses of chemi- cals in future wars, ITowever, offi. cial records show he foresees ex- tensive use of gases in future con- flicts, because of t".ir economy, effect on military morals and the large number of casualties pro- duced without killing or mainin:. In an official study of world war casualties, he points ovr* that while gas is an effective casual'y produ- cer, it does not inflict permanent injuries such as steel throwing wéapons, "The use of chemicals in war," he said, "might be considered in- humane. No one will p. "ume t» contest that fact, but it is to le considered with the full acknow- ledgment that all means of mod- ern conflict fall in the same cate- gory. To choke a man to death with an irrespirable gas, to injure his lung tissues and leave him, in the event of his recovery, an inva- lid for weeks or months is not hu- mane, but the same objection may be made to the horrible injuries due to the rending power of any high explosives which drive jagged pieces of steel into human bodies ond leave in place cf the normal man a lopsided and deformed re- mainder, sometimes shorn of both arms and deprived of both eyes." An analysis of the world war casualties, ' ~ sald, showed the ra- tio of deaths and permanently in- jured as a result of gas to the total number produced by other weapons to be an "index to its hn maneness." "Both experience and statistics of the world wor," he said, "Indleata thaf it is not only 70 Simcoe St. N. Golfers aren't satisfied with balls that merely look like their favorite brand. They buy by the name, Similarly wise housekeepers insist on Edison oe Tar ecru tivo are tie Tost Tone made. Lip 'EDISON MAZDA INSIDE FROSTED LAMPS A CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC PROOUCT BOWRA ELECTRIC SHOP shawa one of the most efficient agencies fo reffecting casualties, but it 18 th emost humane method of war- fare ever applied on the The measure of humaneness of forms of warfare, he said, is the comparison of the degree of suffer- ing causes, and assertad tlat "gas causes less suffering than wounds,' battle- Sropie-ForLonG ¢@ STOCKS BONDS GRAIN Head Office: Reford B RAY AND WELLINGTON STS. i 8. F. EVERSON, Local Manager : Private Wire System 17 &aNG STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 speak SLOW.LY and DIS-TINCT-LY H. M. BLACK to save time VERY day, over one million local telephone : calls in Ontario and Quebec fail to get through. These uncompleted calls mean two million minutes a day wasted -- congestion of traffic -- constant annoyance -- a handicap to business. One of the common causes of uncompleted calls is "Wrong Number". Some of these are the operator's error, and many of them are due to mistakes by the person making the call. He may not speak slow-ly and dis-tinct-ly in giving the number -- "nine" and "five"; for example, sound very much alike. He may neglect to look up the right number in the directory, He may dial care- lessly. ' Any one of these means "Wrong Number", and a waste of time for all concerned. We want you to have the best possible telephone service. We are constantly striving to provide it by reducing our own errors and by improving equip= ment.* Remember it takes three people to come plete a call. Speak slow-ly and dis-tinct-ly -- use the directory' -- dial carefully -- avoid wrong numbers -- save time -- help business efficiency. ®T0 keep & step in aa- vance of dep and to. improve . f will. involve an outlay this year in excess of $27,000,000.