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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1930 OSHAWA HIGH IN Jected to however and the couneil the city, We must by no means lose heart, We must look to the future with a determin- ation to make the most of every opportunity that is offered for the betterment of the com. decided to call for tenders and ac- cepted a tender of $1.30 per eubic yord for pit run gravel, to be mized with stone at $2.20 per cubic yard. The stone had to be mixed with the The Oshawa Daily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) Jubished every sfter- An independent gi holidays at Osh- paper a Sundays ne hing Compa Kanada, 0 ishing C ny 3 Of. imited M Mundy, President: A R. Alloway, Managing Director, The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Asso ciation, the Ontario Dailies and the Audit Bureaw of Cirenlations SUBSCRIPTION RATES Defivered by earrier. in Oshawa and suburbs, 12¢ 8 week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery fimits) $300 a year; United States, $400 » year. TORONTO OFFICE 818 Bind Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107 H. D Tresidder. representative. "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1930 THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION Hats are now in the ring in the Oshawa municipal elections, and some hirhly interest- ing contests are promised. Chief interest centres. as is natural, in the contest for the mayoralty, in which three candidates are in the fiel1, George Hart, Ernie Marks and Ed- die McDonald. With three candidates in the field, two of them with former municipal ex- perience, this might almost be revarded as anvbody's fight, and the result will be awalit- ed with interest, and, it must be confessed, with some concern. Previous municipal experience is, in a city like Oshawa, an essential qualification to an aspirant for the mayoralty, so the choice of the electors lies, naturally, between Mr, Hart and Mr, Marks, both of whom have served as aldermen, are successful business men and are well qualified for the high office of mayor of the city. Either of these two men would be acceptable as Oshawa's next mayor. The contest for public utilities commis- sion os also be an interesting one, the two retiring members, Frank L. Mason and Wil- liam H. Ross, being opposed by George C. Allchin, All three are capable men, well fitted to give excellent service on this most important public body, and no matter which are elected, the interests of the public util- ities will be in capable hands. In some cases, acctamations are a sign of indifference and lack of interest on the part of the electors, but this can hardly be said of the acclamations for the board of educa- tion. Three of the candidates, Dr. J, F. Donevan, Alex. W, Bell and Ross McKinnon, are men who have given signal service to the cause of education in the city, and are wor- thy of being returned for further service. Al- bert V. Swail, who filled out the unexpired term of the late E. L. Vickery, is entitled to a complete term of office, and the election of Mrs, Gertrude Colpus, the first woman to "frye on this board since its re-organization, "a graceful gesture to the feminine sex. Mra, Colpus, however, is no stranger to edu- cations! affairs, for she has done splendid work in the Home and School Club move- ment in Oshawa, 'In the Northeast Ward, Peter A. Macdon- ald, Thomas Hawkes and J. H. R. Luke, have been elected as aldermen by acclamation. The choice of these three representatives is & wise one, since all are of a splendid type for public service, Two of them are season- ed and tried in municipal councils, and the " third, Mr. Luke, brings to public life a valu- able business experience. In the other four wards, keen aldermanic contests are assured, The electors have be- fore them a selection of men of previous municipal experience, which is always an as- set, with the addition of some promising new material which will also be needed in the 1981 council, In each of these wards there are capable candidates, and the electors have every opportunity to select a good council for 1931. As we have said, the hats are in the ring. The rest remains with the electors, and it is their duty to turn out in record numbers next Monday to elect the men they wish to transact the business of the city for the next year, OSHAWA'S OUTLOOK : Looking forward to the New Year, the people of Oshawa have some reason to be optimistic as to the future. The city has passed through hard times, and there has ~been a large amount of unemployment. The situation has been faced manfully, always in 'the hope that the turn for the better would soon be here, and that ere long the wheels of industry in the city would again be going at full speed, providing work in full measure for the citizens. The new year opens with bright hopes for Oshawa. The establishment of the new Coulter Manufacturing Company, Limited, ought to take up a certain amount of the surplus labor in the city. There are signs, too, of better times in the automobile indus~ try, for business students are unanimous in deciaring that it is due for a rapid improve. ment. "L'his would be the greatest of all b.essings for Oshawa in the new year, There . is a very real hope, too, that the coming year wal see a very large amount of work done a. ae harbor, thus providing for expansion ©. the city industrially in a direction which :a0 not yet been tapped. baa 1 a thing, however, in the New Year, Oshawa needs to maintain its courage, and 40 1orward fighting for prosperity. It needs +o foster the closest possible spirit of co- operation between all bodies and citizens who a.e working together for the civic good, and pasticularly for the industrial expansion of \ munity, so that, by the time the year 1981 is ready to take its departure, the citizens will be able to look back upon a2 happy and prosperous year. THE OLD YEAR---AND THE NEW The year that is passing--1930--is a year that will long be remembered as one of the hardest and most difficult years with- in the memory of most people. Canada, in common with the rest of the world, has pass- ed through a trying time, Grain crops far below the average, and low grain prices, have had their effect on the economic life of the whole country, and, coupled with this, and even more important, there has been a depressed condition in industry, which has, as a result, been unable to provide anything like a normal volume of employment. The year 1930 has brought with it much of sorrow and hardship, has presented great problems, and has given men in places of leadership tremendous tasks in trying to solve them, But 1930 is passing away. Tomorrow a new year dawns, With the coming of the new year hopes are raised. There are hopes that conditions are on the upward grade There are signs that, before the New Year has progressed very far, industry will show a strong recovery, and economic conditions will improve. There have been depressions before, and in due time they have passed away, and have been followed by periods oi prosperity. It is our fervent hope that all these indications of better times ahead will be realized in 1931, and that it may once again see this country marching forward to the greatest progress it has ever known, JUSTICE HODGINS' REPORT The report of Justice Hodgins on the rates charged for automobile insurance bears out entirely the attitude which has always been adopted by The 'I'imes with reference to tnis subject. It will be recalled that when the insurange rates were increased some montns ago, The 'Limes protested strongly against this increase, contending that it was unjustified, and that it would, by increasing the costs of owning an automobile by an un- warranted amount, be detrimental to the entire motor industry. Justice Hodgins has, in his report, borne out tnat contention, He has intormed the people of Ontario that in 1929 the motor- owners of this province were forced to pay between $600,000 and $00,000 too much for their automooue insurance, 'thus the in- vestigation has been fully justified, and it now remains for the provincial governmen. to take steps to see that in future automobile insurance rates are fixed on a more fair and equitable basis.' EDITORIAL NOTES The Toronto Globe lists Oshawa nomina- tions among those for the suburbs of tor. onto, 'I'hat is more than enough to make the people of Ushawa stand up and roar, After settling down on January 2, comes the period of settling up. Typewriter students can, for the next few days cnange it to read, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the city." Fares on the French Atlantic liners have been subjected to drastic reductions. Still, that is not going to do much to reduce the cost of living for the unemployed man. Other Editors' Comm.nt | NO SURPLUS (Port Arthur News-Chronicle) Gold is one commodity in which there appears no threat of a surplus. 'I'he world is constantly crying out for more. From Australia comes word that New South Wales has gone the length of bonusing the in- dustry by paying half the actual working costs of prospectors and offering other inducements, It is said tnere are over 1,000 prospectors out in that state, Ontario, with its widespread goldbearing forma- tions, has some reason to be interested, BI1S OF HUMOR THE BEST CROP A nurserymaid was leading a little child up and down the garden, "Is it a laddie of a lassie?" asked the gardener, "A laddie," said the maid, "Well," said he, "I'm glad o that, for there's ower mony women in the world," "Man," said the other, "did ye no ken that there's aye maist sown o' the best crop!" COLLECTING EVIDENCE Dubious Person--"I've been getting threatening jetters through the mail, Isn't there a law against that?" Post Office Inspector--"Of course there is. It's a very serious offence to send threatening letters, Have you any idea who's doing it?" C Dubious Person--"Sure, the Wootus Furniture 0. - BITS OF VERSE DESOLATION Above a beach of sea-washed sands A cliff-based ruined mansion stands, Its guests are now the hooting owl, And skulking beasts, that nightly prowl. A pallid moon, in a wan sky, Looks down with cold, indifferent eye, Where fields of crosses faintly glow Like spectres in the vale below. Where war has reaped his harvest, there Is desolation everywhere. Caroling Eleanor Wilkinson, Niagara Falls, Ont, 7 ED, WAITE SPEAKING ABOUT POLITICS, THE MORE YOU SEE OF IT THE MORE CONFUSED YOU BE. COME AND THE LESS YOU KNOW, It seems that spirit of unrest must be fostered and brought to a high pitch of dynamic energy at election time, It seems that the cauldron of public indignation must be stirred up with heavy doses of resentment and injustice, It seems to be the FIRE PREVENTION (Continued from page 1) geon Falls third, Honorable men- tion in the latter class was given to Guelph, Sudbury and Peterborough, Intensive Work Done Intensive work has heen done in this eity this year in fire prevention work, Fire Chief W. R. Elliott tak- ing 8 leading part in the campaign. Early in the year a committee was formed, comprising representative local eltizens, This committee chose for its objects: the stimula- tion of a consistent fire protection program; the promotion of fire pre- vention activities in husiness men's cliubs and local organizations; the securing of the adoption and en- 1] 4 The floodgates of vilification are opened and the people are thus so confused as to make it almost im- possible for them to judge for them- selves, What chance have the real inter. ests of the country in such an atmos. phere? Clear must be the brain and strong the mind of the citizen to know just what is best to do and how to vote, THE ONLY COMFORT IN SIGHT IS THAT MOST COUN. TRIES ARE IN A SIMILAR PLIGHT, AND IN SUCH A STATE THEY ARE VOYAGING VERY SLOWLY AND VERY BLINDLY | TOWARDS A HIGHER "MANI. FLSTATION, by C. FH. Tue, Ope, D. (Copyright, 1928) Efficiency: Part 8 I belleve fully in making the ocu- lar and muscle correction at once, hereby permitting the wasted ener- gy to apply in the -buflding of | trength to oppose any other strain | upon the system, Of course it {# possible that measures of relief are necessary hut if persisted in may leave a much weaker physical con- { dition, - The article explains this as | follows { "It has of late years been custom ry to obtain relief by the use of Immediate re sleep 1s induc 'tain preparations f is gained, and "It whould however be borne n ind that these drugs are all pars Iyzers and temporary relief is given fut the expense of more lasting in Jury." he | for t of bulldipg codes and fire ordinances; and the securing of ea further reduction in fire insur- ance premiums, The committee comprised Alder- man G, T, Morris(, chairman of the fire protection committee of the city council, chafrman; Fire Chiel Elliott,' vice-chairman; Col, B, J. McCormick, secretary; and the fol- lowing representatives from varfous organizations: eity council, Alder- man GG, T, Morris; fire department, Chief Elllott and Captain W, I. | Hobbs; Rotary club, O. D. Friena, chief of police; Kiwanis club, Phil- lip Sims: manufacturers, Fire Chief Ross P, McKenzie of General Mo- tors; Retail Merchants' Association, Frank Tait; press, T. 1. Wilson, Oshawa Daily Times; fire insurance companies, J, C. Young, clergy, Rey, E. Harston; Boy Scouts, Har- ry Hester; Girl Guides, Mrs, Vie- toria ', Rateliffe; North-east Ward Ratepayers' Assoclation, 8, 0, Car- nell; South-west Ward Ratepayers' Association, Fred Kirby; Cedardale Ratepayers' Association, John Caunt; Chamber of Commerce, W, M. Gilbert Educationnl Work Fire Chief Elliott and Fire Cap- tain Hobbs have heen conducting intensive work, in connection with this campaign, Addresses have been given to the service clubs, ratepay- ers' associations, at the schools gnd at other meetings, at which motion pletures relating to the subject of fire prevention have been shown, Much literature has been distribut- ed, and consid¢rable newspaper publicity given in the columns of The Times, The excellent nature of the work gravel bringing the price up to actly the same price which would been made by calling for tenders, any civic department, * DURING YEAR 1930 the Chamber of Commerce has play- ed a leading part, fis done in this city, Is amply indicated | by the standing which has bash given Oshawa by the judges In the competition, which was conducted | In Canada under the auspices of the | Canadian Chamber of Commerce, "More than twenty years ago It | was discovered that after drugs of this class, the eye mus | cles were in a state of mild parale- | 8ls and the tests from muscle ano- mallies were unreliable," ""Vartigo Is one of the Bymptoms 80 closely related to declinations (muscle disorders) thal it may be sald that, in general, vertigo is the direct, n-t the reflex effect of the muscla di order," + "Many of us have noted the ef- fect of ¥train to us induced by our work, Give consideration then to the increased effort where an actual Imbalance of the eyes turning is no- toed and it will he easy to under- stand how a simple case with lasses worn will fmprove in sehool work. How the-highly-irritable see life from another anvle after being corrected, 'The ehild who fs a veritable litle devil, after correc- tion----the expression changes.' The child becomes easy to handle." BENNETT REVEALS PLANS TO ASSIST WESTERN CANADA (Continued from page 1) for Canadian wheat by the extension of credit to China by the Government of Canada, Mr, Marler, Minister of Japan, already en route to China to deal with Chinese Government, 5. Denunciation or revision of "most favored nation" treaties where nations so favored by Canada rafse tariff or other prohibitory barriers to exclude Canadian products, 6. Intimation to France that such is Canada's' policy has caused France to place orders for 7,500,000 to 9,- 000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat, and to indicate that she may pur- chase 20,000,000 bushels, 7. No price fixing on wheat and no holding at prices higher than world prices, 8. Guarantee reached by Federal Government arrangement that there will be no forced liquidation of the 1930 crop, which is now certain of orderly marketing. 9, Reorientation of Canadian trade in wheat and other products by re- ducing production and transport costs, through expansion of north- ward railway transportation, the St, Lawrence seaway and the trans-Can- ada highway, 10. Continued effort to extend Can- ada's market within the Empire, through reciprocal preferences, and to secure the United Kingdom mar- ket for Canadian wheat in preference to Russian, through the adjourned Empire Economic Conference to meet in Ottawa next vear, | CELLAR VENTILATION Cellars in which fruits and veges tables are stored for winter use should be equipped with both an in- take and outlet ventilator shaft hy means of which a steady storage temperature around 38 degrees to 40 degrees F. can be maintained.--De- partment of Agriculture, using | | GEORGE HART AND | ERNIE MARKS HAVE STATED PLATFORMS (Continued from page 3) ek re-election this year was made hy Ald, Geo, Gumemow, nted the South-east ward in the counell of 10380 Ald, Gummow took occasion to wish each and everyone a happy new year, "My hat fs in the ring as a cans didate for the South-east ward," Tarry Cawker informed the meet. ing. On account of the fact that he was suffering from a cold Mr, Cawker declined last night to max. a speech, Ernie Marks { Fresh from the city clerk's cfice where he had just qualified as a candidate for mayor, Ernie, Marks appeared before the meeting last night. Mr, Marks has served pre. viously as. an alderman for two years and he stated that it was not until hut few hours before the time for qualiffing was up that he made up his mind to seek election ax Oshawa's firat eftizen, "1 have lived in Oshawa for nine years," Mr, Marks stated, "and ft has always been my endeavor to ive everyone a straight and square deal, Iam a believer in alr play." If elected he would make a tho- rough investigation of charges which have been made against o certain department of the oity, Mr, Marks declared. The candidate ex- pressed the opinion that 1931 would be a period of re-adjustment for Oshawa and he considered that the city would have to economize as much as possible, Peter Kostur, who {s running as an alderman in the South-east ward, spoke briefly and sald that if he was elected he would endeavor to give of his very best to the city, Mr, Kostur also believed that the present was a time for economy and he stressed the need of bringing new industries into the city, Ald, Hart Denial of certain statements which had been made by other can- didates at a meeting in the city hall Monday night, was made by Ald, Geo, Hart, chalrman of the board of works during 1929 and 1980, who spoke in support of his candidature as mayor of the city, Ald. Hart pointed out that he had served in the council for a period of four years, during two years of which he held the responsible posi tion as chairman of the hoard of works, "There has been some criticism made of this hoard," he sald, "hut the people demanded facilities and there were some exponditures which could not be avoided, Fo rinstance, It was dotermined to reduce the a- mount of paving to be done this year, but in order td provide some relief for unemployment more pave. ment had to be laid than was plan- ned for." Someone had charged, the speak. er sald, that the council had pur- chased cement for the exorbitant price of 80 cents a bag. This was ridiculous he sald as the stapdara price of 6234 cents had been paid. Ald, Hart also referred to states ments which had been made con. cerning the purchase of gravel, an rangements were made, he said, to purchase from a certain pit, gravel at a price of $1.60 per cuble yard, which was the lowest price charged for large bulk sales of gravel in the 1 { who repre- | { | elty, This arrangement was ob- $1.60 per cubic yard, which was ex- have been paid under the previous arrangement, It wae therefore evi. dent, he said, that no saving hsa He was not attempting to defend Ald, Har stated, but he considered it his duty to state that he had always found the eity engineer an efficient, con- scientous and thoroughly honest publfs, servant, It elected, the candidate declared that he would bend all his energies | toward making 1931 a year of eco- nomy and retrenchment for Osh-' AWA, eo was willing to abide by the wishes of the people and would | hear no {11 will to anyone if defeat- ed at the polls. public utilities commission, was present at the meeting last night and when called upon spoke briefly, PROGRESS MADE INDUSTRIALLY Fige, theftand your valuables YOUR VALUABLES carelessness--all have at their mercy. A safety deposit box costs so little that no one need John Biacey, & member of the | losing botida, sivck contidcues, con Ask us about this service. THE | DOMINION BANK OSHAWA BRANCH T. W. JOYCE, Manager take the risk of (Continued from page 1) of doing so in the near future. Thus, Oshawa industries are be- coming more diversified in charac. |Erephical Survey, Department mapping purposes a Dominion Land (the Burveyor of the staif of the Topo-|plancs of | Fores Royel (a 1 pavigations! officer, ter and increased vgor has heen "rought into the city's industrial life, The city's industrial growth dur- ing the past nine months, iu whieh synopsizea briefty below, Indewtrial Growth April==Skinner Plant opened am. ploying about 160, June--King Radio Company, ab- sorbed by Williams Plano Co,, em- ploying about 50 extra people, now working overtime, August=Official opening of Osh- awn harbour forming direct contact betwen Oshawa manufacturers and the world markets by water-borne traffic, Canada Steamship Lines and Tree Line Navigation Co,, both establish. ed wharves at Oshawa as a port of call, Valley Camp Coal Co, Itd, of Cleveland, occupied a site in the harbour as a Canadian base for their Ontario trade, Pittsburgh Coal Co.,, of Pits burgh located at the Port of Osh- AWA AK a permanent concern to sup ply their products to this part ef Ontario, October--W est man Machine Company of Toronto, located in 8 new plant on Ritson Road North, employing about 10 people, Plate Lock Battery Caempany from Sutton, located in new plant on Ritson Road North, employing ahout 15 people, Bundy Incubators Limited, from Springfield, Mass, located in a new factory building on Richmond St. E., employing about 15 men, November----Standard P+ving Co., took over the old Potterv plant on King 8t, W,, as a machine and re- pair shop, employing about 15 men, December----Regent Oil Co,, erect. ed a new distribution plant on King 8t. W., and will employ about b people when completed, Coulter Manufacturing Co., of Toronto, will occupy & new factory now under construction hy Oshawa Industrial Foundation, Itd., and will employ about 100 men when the plant starts operation about IPebruary 16th, East Whitby Canners and Vitimin Flour Mills, Ltd, hoth announce thelr Intention of building plants here in the spring of 1981, T0 INVESTIGATE INSURANCE TRICK Fake Automobile Claims Leads to Move to Disbar Two Lawyers Boston, Mass ~The fake claim racket, which has grown rapidly since the compulsory .automobile insurance law was enacted, received its first sethack when the Boston Bar Asso- ciation, acting in response to a public statement by Governor Allen two months ago, petitioned the Superior Court recently for the disbarment of two Boston lawyers, who are charged with deceit, malpractice and gross misconduct, At the same time, state officials met representatives of lead- ing insurance companies in an effort to weed ont of the legal and medical professions members who handle accident claims, Action of the insurance companies and state officials in meeting to dis- cuss methods of fighting the false claim racket was regarded as an intis mation that more disharment pro- ceedings will be instituted as soon as the necessary preliminaries can be completed, Some of the insurance companies, it was learned, have been conduct | ing their own investigations into the actions of certain lawyers and doe- tors appearing for fake claimants, and the data thus accumulated will be used in ridding the State of un- scrupulous professional men who de- pend upon false claims for a living, Records obtained show that ene lawyer, working with a certain doe tor, handled as many as 200 claims a year against one insurance company, Other lawyers have had scores of similar cases, After compiling records for two years, company officials found that certain lawyers promote fake claims and present them to the companies for settlement, The lawyers con- cerned plan on having these cases settled outside of court, and they arc usually forgotten if the companies in- sist upon having them tried, Survey Navigational Officers In taking aerial photographs for arcompanie en Al nada WA ----.