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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930 DAILY REFORMER rn As independent newspaper published every atterseor + oscopt Sundays and legal holideys st Oshews Canads by Mundy Printing Company. Limited: Chas M Mandy, President; A R Alloway, See: . vetary. LS £ The Oshowa Daily Times is a member of the Cans. dis Press. the Canadian Daily Newspapers As eociation. The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit' Bureav or Clireulations SUBSCPIPTION RATES » Delivered by carrier. 15c » week By mail in Canads (outside Oshawe carrier delivery limits), $480 » vear; United States. $5.00 o year x TORON10O OFFICE "4 897 Bend Building, 66 lemperance Street, Telephone re Adelaide 0107 H D Tresidder. representative Le REPRESEN1ATIVES IN U. S. "i Powers and Stove. Inc. New York and Chicage ¥ % SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930 © E T. THE GAS PLANT SITUATION As was expected at the time of the voting om the 4 bylaw for the purchase by the city of the electric 'and gas distribution plants from the Hydro-Electric U1, Power Commission of Ontario, private interests are a now in the market bidding for the purchase of the plant and the right to 'supply the citizens with gas. Already three such firms have made offers to the Public Utilities Commission for the plant, and one of them discussed the matter with the commissioners zt their meeting on Thursday afternoon. Until the nature of the offers made and discussed is revealed, it is impossible for anyone to say whether the sale of the gas plant and distribution system would be a wise step. There are considerations en- tering into the matter which are of a great deal more importance than the mere purchase price, important as that may be. Tt would be foolish, for instance, for the plant to be sold for less money than it cost the city, but it would be more foolish still to sell it without absolute guarantees regarding the service which the citizens would be given under private own- ership of the plant. oy " The members of the utilities commission, of course, are alive to this fact, and in discussing the matter with the representatives of the firms wishing to buy, they will doubtless lay great stress on the service to. be given the citizens and the price which is to be charged for gas. As was stressed ih the report which was prepared for the city council by a high grade firm of consulting engineers on the gas plant, it is essential that the rates be reduced from the present figure if there is to. be any extension of the use nf gas, whether it be under private or public own- ership Before making any agreement for the sale of 'the plant, therefore, it is necessasy that assur- ances be secured, of a binding nature, that there will be lower prices for gas. hated Before any action can be taken, however, it will be necessary to put the question of sale of the gas plant to a vote of the people of Oshawa, Even that step should not be taken until the matter has been given the most careful consideration, and until there is a definite agreement as to what rates will be charged for the product of the gas plant. The public utilities comnus however, is com- posed of men of sound judgment and A ability, and, what is just as important, of men who have had a long and wide experience in handling public affairs for the citizens of Oshawa. One can feel sure that they will take no step that is not in the best interests of the city as a whole, and that whatever action they do take will be well-considered, and will be presented to the public in such a way that when the vote is taken it will be possible for the people to vote intelligently and with full infor- . mation on the matter to be decided. 1 FY, EMPIRE FREE TRADE The Morning Post went right to the heart of the idea of Empire free trade, as proposed by Lord Bea- verbrook, -when it suggested. that he should first of all secure the consent of the British dominions overs seas and particularly the consent of Canada, to a step of this kind. Lord Beaverbrook knows, or ought 40 know, his. Canada fairly well, and the Morning Post apparently knows it, too. And the other dominions, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, would probably be in about the same position as this country. One can hardly imagine any government of Can- ada, no matter what its political faith might be, agreeing to the abolition of all tariffs against goods from other' countries in the British Empire. The thing is simply unthinkable, under the present state of development of Canadian industries, whether they be agricultural industries or those concerned with manufacturing. In fact, there are at the present time many complaints from several branches of industry that the tariffs against Empire products are too iow, and are acting to the detriment of industry in this on, good business country. % For example, one can imagine the outcry which there would be dgainst any serious proposal to com- pletely wipe out the tariffs against butter and cheese from' Australia and New Zealand, There is enough protest already against the tariff at present in effect being too low. And, on the other hand, a large body of manufacturers would never submit to having the tariffs on all kinds of textile goods coming from Great Britain entirely wiped out. From the standpoint of sentiment, the idea of Lord Beaverbrook is all right. But when that sentimental thought is applied to the practical problems of the trade and commerce of Canada, that'is an entirely different matter, and one cannot conceive of any po- fitical party in Canada daring to sponsor such a move, Theoretically, it- might work -out all right on paper, put from the standpoint of results, and their effect on "industry in Canada, the prop ! has no possibl chance of being seriously accepted in this country. SETTING AN IDEAL It is reported that thie Italian delegation to 'the naval conference which opens in London next week is prepared to submit a plan, not only for the reduc- tion or linutation of naval armaments, but for their total abolition. This, of course, is not an entirely new proposal. It was made to the League of Na- tions disarmament conference some time ago by the representatives of Soviet Russia, but at that time it was not taken seriously, largely because there was some doubt as to the sincerity of the government which put it forward. Coming from Italy, one of the five great powers taking the leading part in the naval conference, the proposal may have to be given some consideration before the conference reaches any basis of agree- ment. It is too much to hope, however, that it will be adopted. It is an ideal which the Italian govern- ment is setting forth, and the world is not yet ready to accept an ideal of this kind, no matter how worthy it might be. ? To completely abolish 'all navies would immediately put an end to discussions and controversies as to parity, relative strength and basis for limitation. All. nations would then be on parity with each other, since none of them would have any navy at all. No nation or combination of nations could be a threat to any others, so far as naval strength would be con- cerned, because there would be no navies. To the idealist, the plan looks attractive. It would certainly relieve the world of tremendous burdens, and would make it more certain that war would not be easily proyoked in the world. But, as has been pointed out, the world is hardly ready for this mea- sure of idealism. There are still too many jealousies; suspicions and fears in the minds of men to make them lay aside the practical problems of disarma- ment and accept the ideal plan, the plan which would solve for all time a problem that has been causing controversy for the last ten years. NATIONAL HONOR Ramsay MacDonald gave a characteristic reply to a journalist who suggested to him that some nation might find it a profitable thing to deliberately sink an old ship in order to bring a new one to replace it. - Mr. MacDonald at once caught the import of the question, and his reply, while it came promptly, was spoken gravely and slowly so that its full mean- ing and significance might not be lost. He said: "I shall assume that the national represen- tatives are honorable men. I think you will find I am nght." f course Mr. MacDonald will be right. If the men representing the great nations of the world at the coming conference were not honorable men, the time and effort spent on it would be absolutely wasted. These men are the fully accredited dele- gates of their respective nations, speaking the voice of their nations, and it is because they are hon- orable men, and because thd nations they represent are' honorable nations, whofe word can be trusted, * and who will live up to obligatiefis undertaken, that a great international conference such as is opening in London next week is possible. It is true that there may be loopholes left in any agreement by which unscrupulous men might find a way out, but the nations with which Britain will be dealing are not made up of that kind of people, and there can be every assurance that whatever agreement is made will be observed in the spirit as well as in the letter. FIREPROOF THEATRES There will be general agreement that the objective of the Hon. J. D. Monteith, provincial treasurer, to have all the theatres in Ontario fireproof within the next twelve months. The recent fire panic ig Scot- land, where seventy-two children lost their lives, and the disastrous theatre fire in Montreal a year or two ago, are still fresh in the public mind, and cannot but_help create a state of uncertainty as to what would happen in any theatre under similar circum- stances. Modern theatres, of course, are in almost every case of absolutely fireproof construction, with the fire hazard eliminated as far as it is humanly possible to do so. There is no doubt that there are in Ontario many theatres, however, which do not comply with that requirement, and which might, in the case of a fire breaking out in a corner of the building, become death-traps. The intention of the provincial trea- surer to eliminate these is a sound one, and the, task which he has set for himself is one in which he will have the entire backing of public opinion. EDITORIAL NOTES Spring soon will be here, and the verse is yet to come. The wives who run everything let their husbands run the furnace. The mint makes money first. make it last. It's up to you to Even though it is not possible to fool all the peo- ple all the time, someone is forever trying it, Bagpipes are really of French origin, says an his- torian. You can't blame the Scotch for everything. The people most difficult to get on with are those obstinate folk who won't always let us have our own way. What with the prisons so full of prohibition of- fenders across the line, a first class murderer has to be put on the waiting list in most states. The headline, "Mexican President Flies Over Vol- cano" doesn't suggest anything thrilling. Mexico has had presidents who jumped right down fnto them. With frequent gales sweeping the British Isles it is doubtful if the air will be clear for the momen- tous Naval Conference to be held in London shortly. It is suggested by a fashion writer that husbands er. 9 Other Editor's 4 a Comments AM. ZING (Hamilton Spectator) It has always amazed ug, watcling moving pictures, that everybody us- ing the telephone gets the . right number cvery time, and without hav- ing to consult a (l.ectory, either. EXPLAINING DEAN INGE (New York Limes) Who could have expected that the Archbishop of Canterbury, for exam-~ ple, is capable of making a joke. Yet there is a story now going the rounds in England whilch slows that Dr. Lang did not lose his "pawky" Scotch humor when he became arcl.bishop. He was discussing with a visitor some of the outgiveness in the press of Dean Inge, which the archbishop seemed stronrgly to deprecate. "But," said the other, "is he not one of the pillars of vour churcia?" *No," re- plied the archbichop, "he is only one of the columns in the evening Stan] ard. | Bits of Humor CONSEQUENTLY "I have less dread of influenza than. of its consequences." "Yes, I haven't paid my last doctor's bill either."'-----Mostique Charleroi, BUS ELOQUENCE "Fare, please!" The passenger in the bus paid no attention to the conductor's de- mand, "Fare, please--fare!" But still the passenger was ob- livious and the other passengers began to take notice. "By the term 'fare,' " explained the conductor, "I imply no refer- ence to the state of the weather, nor even the quality of the service vouchsaféd by this philanthropic company. I merely alluded, in a manner perhaps lacking in deli- cacy, but not in conciseness, to the monetary obligation - which you have incurred by your presence in this vehicle, and--" 'Stop!' shrieked the passenger, and he delved into his pocket, '"'Here, Lloyd George, take your fare!"'--John o' London's. NO CHANCE FOR GRIEVANCE McGinty: "I've a terrible corn on the botton of my foot." Pat: "That's a foine place to have it. Nobody cangstep on it but you,"--Detroit News. "Mandy, why did you call your latest son Judas? Don't you know | what a terrible man Judas was?" "Ah don't know anything ahout | that, boss, but ah read in the Good Book about Judas 'better never have been born.' " "Ah, Mr. Simpson," exclaimed a rittenish old lady, "vou must remem ber that I am a daughter of Eve!" "Well, honestly," replied the blunder- old!" He KNEW Allsix (to garageman): "Henry Gearshift tried to make me be- Heve he'd driven the same car for five years and never vaid a cent for repairs. Do you halieve thet?" Garaceman: "Yes: I'm the fel- low who's made all the repairs." -- Chatham News. RUSTLING RASTUS Irate Master (to necro eervant): "Rastus. get a domertic has shot in it. Rastus: I done got a domestic turkey, sir." Master: "Well, how did the shot get in it?" Rastus: meant for Citizen, turkey, "l 'specks thev was me, suh.""--Ottawa Bits of Verse Ca OUR HOME Within thy portals, Littie Home, May love abide trom sill to dome] May laughter ring from wall to wall, | And kinaly Fate watch over all. When trouble comes, and stills our song, As come 1t must, may we be strong, And may our door be open wide Inviting friends to step inside. May neighbors find us friendly folk Who hke to chat and tell a joke. But may they nnd our lips are tight In speaking words that sting anu bite, And may they find that I am fair -- That I accept and do my share fo make our street a place where men | Are glad to come -- and come again. And may they feel that they are free In confidence to talk to me, Because they know I'll not betray The things that I have heard them say. And in their hour of need, may I, With helpful hands, be staiding by And when. I reach my hour of need May they, in turn, give kindly heed. And may we live while we are here As though we knew that God was neat' Oh, Little Home, atop the hill, We come to thee, with heart a-thrill! We come to thee for peace and rest, And all with which a home is blest. From house to house, no more we'll roam = 1 Our anchor's dropped, and now, we're home! wear rings to indicate they are married. We don't know where, but suppose she meant through the nose. There are two ivi why some people don't mind their own business, One is that they haven't any mind, the other that they haven't any business. A contemporary would like scientists, who, say the moon exerts no influence to tell what causes the pickle, at certaig phases of the moon, to rise on the salt pork and the sauerkraut. Vine and Branches--I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abjdeth in me, and 1 in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me, ye can do nothing, ~John 15:5, Prayer: "In Thee is like provided For all mankind and me." he |; I thought I told vou to! This one | "| sivenews of its ancient as well as ts DID YOU EVER STOP TO Think? CHAT a city is just what its citizens make it. If there is something wrong with its citizens, the city is wrong in every way, Cities are judged by the public spirit of its citizens. More cities die for lack of public spirit than for any other reason. Lhe future holds wonderous certain- ties for the city that is full of pub- lic spirited citizens, Marvelous development is ahead of the city that has a spirit of progress- iveness. A spirit of progressiveness makes citizens better fit to do their share of city building, { It takes no superior wisdom to know | that a boosting spirit makes citizens | cooperate together in a way that } builds bigger, better cities, In cities where everybody works anid nobody shirks gou will always find that boosting spirit -- a spirit of hospitality, cooperation and pep all | combined, | | PREJUDICE AGAINST THE |HOME CITY IS LIKE A BAD | CASE OF INDIGESTION. IT DE. | STROYS THE KIND OF ACTION | THAT BUILDS AND PRODUCES. SRIT AND A DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED BUILDS BETTER CITIES. That Body of Bours By James W. Barton, M.D. EPILEPSY AND DIGESTION IL have spoken beioie a serics | ses or epilepsy that weie an | cured tempor having a { uon of tne large mntestine i Unfortunately at intervals varying irom a few months to a few the 'epiiepsy returned agam mm all os «hese cases, | spoke also of a case 1 had kept iree trom epilepsy 1or 15 montas by «ne washing out of tne patient's sto { | | | 'ot {of 35 ci years ly interesting, and other things, the remains of the earl- | iest theatre ®n Europe. Just the steps | temained, and the outline of a sort | of arena, where bull fights and other | ba % MISS ALISON A, EWART Honors graduate of University College, Toronto, who has been ap- pointed associate editor of the Canadian Historical Review, ax- sisting Dr. CU. W. Brown, newly ap- pointed managing director. 30 miles wide, It stands close to Eu- rope and Asia, and is a place where three civilizations meet, LOSES SEAT BY SOLITARY VOTE Recount at Newmarket Re- verses the Decision of Election Day Newmarket, Jan. 17.--To have won a seat on the town council by a margin of one vote and then to find his defeated opponent revers- ing the situation by exactly the same maggin after a recount was the experience last night 'of Dr. L. W. Dales. On Jan. 6, Dr. Daleg polled 701 votes to 700 for E. W. Lyons, Last night, after the ballots had been counted for a second time, Mr, Ly- ons found himself in possession of two more votes than previously. When the result of the election for the position of first deputy reeve was made known, Mr. Lyons was urged by his friends to demand a recount. Even his opponent stated publicly that if he were in his opponent's. position he would ask for a eecond counting of the ballots. And so the recount was held. 4 Besides being a unique situation in municipal campaigns, the close- ness of the battle between the two townsmen produeed an example of good sporismanship on tbe part of Dr. Dales. "To my opponent I extend my heartiest congratulations," said Dr. Dales. "There fis nohe for whom I would rather have given up my seat. 1 hope some of my policies I advocated will be of some use to him. "It's hard," confessed the depos- ed candidate. "But it was a great election and it clearly shows that the people of Newmarket feel that there should be more careful study of their interests. "But let me say 4hiz-~I will be there in the battle next yeur," he declared. The recount was a drawn-out af- fair with both sides watching close- 1y every ballot passed. The bed of the A ° ic was cl.ang- by, the recen' earthqu-*es. The average traveller is often more con- cerned about the manner in which the surface persis. im churiing ab. ut.--Stratford Bcozon Herald, aminer, The lantern slides were particular- showed, entertainments were held, The palace and this palace revealed 15 feet wide and werc used for star- ge purposes, Professor Woodhea | explained. The frescoes on some of the in- terior walls were particularly inter- esting, and, although the originals were removed to the museum in Lo. [ won, a process of restoration carried on by Sir Arthur had completely re created the original patterns. At the present time, Professor *Woodhead said, there are 80 workmen busy car- «ying on the work of excavating and rebuilding in connection with the pal- ace, and these have been placed there to entirely reconstruct the palace mn all its ancient splendor. The "Queen's apartments" revealed a very beautiful bath and toilet re- quisities which, the speaker maintaic ed, were far better than those used in later years at ¢Vrasilles. A statute of a woman in 1600 B.C, was remark ably reminiscent of the styles of the late Victorian era. They had tigh: little waists, and flounces on their kirts, and "plenty of petticoats," In turning to the people of modern Crete, Professor Woodhead said that they were a hospitable and charming race. The tourists had not yet crept nto the western corner of the island, here only villages now remained of noch nearly w alt due to some tae brain nothing | found about the | brain in epileptics | | a positive cluc to thot httle trouble has n structure of that would the cause of epil- in | been | tpsy. However, if y a portion of the large intestine and washing out the stomach prevents attacks then taere must be some relation between tae digestive tract and epilepsy. Some one has said that it is the mach and intestine--some diges | ive disturbance--that "is the match that lights the fire in the brain and cpiieptic attacks follow. Dr. K. Davis, of New York, in investigaung 40 cases of epilepsy tells | us that nearly one third of these nowced a stasis or stoppage, or oth- er trouble, in the small intestine, This" would seem to complete the .ase against. the digestive tract. And yet as the brain controls the | activity of the digestive ther it moves its contents along slow- | iy or rapidly, you can sec how close- ly the two are related. | It has been Jound that in epilep- tics the processes of the body work fa little slower than in others, and {can be made to work even more under certain conditions. rem slowly The thonught then, aside from any drug treatnent is that these indiy | duals should cat a little less 100. | than others, that they should spread { meals well apart, that they should cut down somewhat on meats, | The fact that where a starvation | treatment has been used no attacks | have occurred tells its own story. These individuals should be out- doors as much as possible, and have employment suited to their particular ibilities, when possible, Dr. Davis adv the use of an ex tract of one of the ductless glands which has the effect of strengthen- 1 the nat «1 proc s in the body I talk frequently. about epilepsy be- cause it is the cause of much misery in many hones, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) CRETE IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES Meeting of Civilization Shown in Lecture and Picture Montreal, Jan. 18.--~The "Island of Crete" was the subject of an illustrai- ted lecture given by Prof. W, D. Woodhead of McGill University, be- fore the members of the Westmount Women's Club in Victoria Hall re- cently, Professor Woodhead dealt with the past history and the pres- ent conditions of the island, stress- ing the exceeding beauty and impres- modern civilization. The ancient civilization of the is- land of Crete was a pre-Greek civil: 'zation, the lecturer explained, saying that it dated to 3400 B.C. It is re- ferred to as the Minoan civilization hecause the ruler at that time was King Minos. The first excavations which revealed the structures of this nerio! "were performed byl Sir Ar- 'hir Evans. "The island of Crete, the speaker said, is only 160 miles long and about | | {| Mr the Rive | | tract whe-| { what had been magnificent Greek ties. Gordon Wadsworth, the presi- lent, was in the chair. She announ- ed that seven new members had een admitted inot the club. Mrs, admitted into the club. Mrs, hanks to the speaker, Mrs. Signah Coates sang, and Miss Vera Groves accompanied her on. the piano, CLAIMS CANADA IS EMPIRE'S BULWARK Hon. P. J. Veniot, Postmast- er-General, Speaks at Columbus Forum been | Montreal, Jan. 15--Canada is now | regarded as the bulwark of the Bri- tish Empire, Hon, Peter J. Veilot, Postmaster-General, said in an ad- dress before the Columbus Forum recently when he spoke on "The Pc:tal Service of Canada and Cana- da'. Standing Am:.ng the Nations of the World." J. J. O'Grady introduc- ed the speaker following two soprano solos by Miss Irene Dawson, of Montreal, with W. Doye accompany- ing The Dominion was the first coun- try . recover from the eff "ts of the war, Mr. Veniot declared. This ws not due to any Government, but 1» the energ. and determination of the Canadain people not to be down: Mr. Veniot urged that "every tr' Canadian sing the praises of this country of ours and extol the beaut. and the advanta --, both commerciz! nd otherwise." Speaking of the postal service, he gave figures to show the growth »f t'is branch of public service since Confederation. "In 1867," he 'the postal service in Canada carried 17,000,000 letters and postcards, while during the last year 700,000,000 lette and 250,000,000 postcards were deliv ed. In 1867, 500,000 letters went out ftom "Canada to Great Britain, while ters. 3,500 Post Offices 'In 1867 we had six post offices be- 'ween the Great Lakes and the Rocl. Mountains. We now have 3,- 500 besides numerous rural routes, {1 mail service between Montreal {and Vancouver in 1867 took five | weeks. Today it takes five days hv | rail and when our air-mail is estab- lished it will be done in a good deal 'css than half that time. "The total revenue of the depart 'ment .in 1867 was about $1.000,00 Today it approaches the $40,000,000 mark." Mg. Veniot saw through aviation one of Canada's greatest bids for a "ich world place. He nredicted thot "Carada in the next three years wil' he the world centre of aviation" an?! in another part of his address, that the Dominion "will occunpy the aremier place in commercial aviation 'n the world" VERY CONFIMERATE Papa: "Why did you permit voung Gavhird to kiss you in the parlor last night?" he'd catch cold in the hall. No man ean he said to be oettin~ n well ynt't he is getting well off ~Montreal Star. among | of King Minos was among the build- | |, ings uncarthed by Sir Arthur Evans, | passages | where enormous jars were standing, | the jars were seven feet high and | by Sir Arthur, whose great aim it is| said, | 'n 1929 there were over 23,000,000 let Daughter: "Because T was afraid | os Hi | { cr ToBIE-FORLONG 8 @ Office: Reford ars S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 1 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA '} "hones 143 and N rm in porns 144 XXX ECLIPSE EE 16 CELINA ST. MARVEL Best Cereals ROLLED OATS ROLLED WHEAT WHEAT GRANULES BREAKFAST WHEAT COOKING BRAN CORN MEAL, ETC. Best Bread Flours FIVE ROSES ROYAL HOUSEHOLD QUAKER Best Pastry Flours Cooper - Smith Company PHONE 8 Ne Nr Nr Nag Sea CALMONI-QILS, LIMITED one of the Watch this Space for a very Important Announcement @Imont Oils Limited is launched on a large program of development of its oil leases in Turner Valley. 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