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a FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 193! he Oshawa Daily 'Times : Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) r published cverv after on except Sunda egal holidavs at Osh a Sanada, by The Ties Publishing Chinpany of Oshawa, Limited. Chas, M. Mundy, President + & R. Alloway, Managing Director, The Qshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana. dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Asso the Ontario Provincial Dailies' tad the udit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : by carrier 'in Oshawa and Suburbs, 12¢ a : By mail in Canada elivery limits) $3.00 a year. United States $4.00 a year, independent yews! pd TORONTO OFFICE 818 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. fi. D. Tresidder, representative, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1931 A POINT WELL TAKEN The Kitchener Daily Record, in discuss- ing the question of deporting aliens who have become a charge upon the country, or who are engaged in Communistic activities, brings out a point which is well worthy of consideration. It points out that the average Canadian citizen, with his home and family established here, tries to save his money when employment is plentiful, and thus has . & reserve on which to fall back in times of distress. Many foreigners, however, when they are working, keep only enough for bare necessities, and send the balance of thdir " earnings to parents and others in the lands from which they came, thus depriving them- gelves of any reserve which they might otherwise have had for emergencies. _ This point is indeed well taken. There is experience of this kind of thing in Oshawa, for it is a rather striking fact that about 75 per cent of the men being cared for at the welfare hostel are men of foreign birth. One . cannot say, of course, that these men have been in the habit of sending their earnings home when they were employed, but we used to find it interesting to note the number of | such men who sent money orders to address- es in Europe. : There appears to be a degree of injustice 'about this. The Canadian citizen with his home established here, spends his savings to keep the wolf from the door in hard times., The foreigner, who has sent his savings to his old country, becomes a charge on the municapility. Thus it hardly seems fair that the Canadian ratepayers should have to pay taxes for those who, in times of prosperity, have sent all their surplus funds out of the country, instead of keeping it here to pro- vide for times such as these. ALL SHOULD BE IN THEM The Central Ratepayers Association, it is 'stated, is to sponsor a campaign to increase "the membership of the various ward associ. ations of ratepayers. This is a good move on the part of this important body. The Central Ratepayers Association can do splen- did work to arouse keener interest in muni- cipal problems, but that work can only be fully effective when the ward ratepayefs' as- sociations are truly representative of the ratepayers of the city. Every ratepayer in Oshawa should be in- terested in the particular ward association to which he is entitled to belong. Intelligent government of any community depends upon the standard of intelligence of its electors, on the study which they make of the many problems which confront municipal councils * and other bodies. Without ratepayers' asso- clations, they have little opportunity for dis- cussing these matters, except at election" . time. With ratepayers' associations, meet- © ing regularly, with well-arranged programs prepared in advance, there is no reason for lack of knowledge of municipal questions, If only for the reason that it will help to pro- © duce in Oshawa a more enlightened public . opinion on civic affairs, it is to be hoped that the ratepayers 'associations will see a marked growth, both in membership and in influence. uh A WORTHY WORK 'In a quiet but effective way, seeking little of the glare of publicity, but carrying on faithfully a task which is not, perhaps, ac- 'cepted by as many people as it ought to be, 'the Oshawa Humane Society is doing a wor- thy work, Scarcely a day. passes but its ser- are required in some form or another for the alleviation of suffering among dumb "animals, and wherever there is a need for 'these services, they are freely given. "Too many people are careless as to the wel- fare of dumb animals, Too many people look "on them as a nuisance merely to be toler- ated, and have for them the kick of scorn, rather than the soft touch of sympathy and understanding. It is to supply this lack that the Oshawa Humane Society is carrying on its excellent work, so that it may live up nobly to its motto, "We speak for those who cannot speak for themselves." ; HOW SAVINGS GROW ing apparent as time sparen us time . V# 14 'the deposit by the children of the cily | by over $2,600. Whe it is _ it migh « wit outside Oshawa carrier" noted that this was during a period which included the-Ghristmas season, at which time expected that savings would be wn, and during: which time the schools had part of their Christmas holidays, this is a rather remarkable showing. It shows what can'be done, how savings grow' when there is systematic saving. The chil- dren are learning well the lesson of thrift, which is one of the chief functions of the ' Penny Bank, and, apart altogether from the excellence of the record from a purely dol- lars and cents standpoint, the children of Oshawa can be congratulated on the manner Inwhich they have taken the opportunities provided for them to learn that lesson, which, in days to come, will prove to be a valuable part of their education. EDITORIAL NOTES Winter has come, so--"Can spring be far behind?" The Ontario county council carried its economy a little too far when it reduced the grant to the Oshawa General Hospital from $600 to $300. The hospital is one institution which no community can afford to neglect. One of the county councillors met with a cold reception when he proposed a reduction in the time and mileage allowance for the council. You see, it all depends on whose ox is being gored. The coming visit of Admiral Jellicoe to Oshawa is an event worth looking forward to: The commander-in-chief of Britain's navy in the war should be given a warm welcome from this community, which num. bers in its population quite a few who served under the "Silent Chief." The earnings of the C.P.R. last month were greater than for the same month a year ago. . This can be regarded as a definite sign that business is on the upgrade. Thegatepayers' associations, if they have done nothing else, have helped to provide the city council with splendid audiences for its meetings. It is now time to ask how many Christ: mas cigarette-lighters have caused the breaking of New Year resolutions. Other Editors' Comment | HINDUS AND MOSLEMS (Calcutta Englishman) Since Western and democratic institutions have been introduced into India; since, in short, we are committed to a policy of counting heads, Indians alone can solve the Hindu-Moslem conflict. Indian leaders may solve the problem in London or they may solve it in India, but they themselves must solve it. No one clse can solve it for them, And until Indians come to ah agreement on this overmas- tering issue, progress in every direction is blocked and the new Constitution will start under so great @ handicap that it will swiftly break down. BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA (J. L. Garvin, in the London Observer) No Indian reformer has yet suggested a safe or in telligible substitute for the Pax Dritannica. No one in India has faced definitely and firmly the question of what the situation would be if the British Army were withdrawn, The Conference will be a sham ir it does not look straight in to the eyes of this ques- tion, The indisputable answer to it is that without Britain no Delhi Legislature could rule India, The masters of armies would control different parts of India. There would be a long contest between War Lords, By all but the serfervid extremists who make for anarchy, whether they mean it or not, it is agreed that . British leadership and the British Army are at present irreplaceable, This is a gigantic and un- paralleled anomaly when you arc talking of systems of self-government, | BITS OF VERSE SWANS Seven swans, like gallons, Cane sailing Ly today, Seven yellow Leaks over seven white throats, Down among the mud-banks and bones of the old : boats, Thinking all the time of their quict castle moats Where the cool-leafed, broad-leafed water lily floats, Seven swans, like galleons, Came sailing by today, Cream curving necks like the prows: of stately ships, In among the dead wharves and gangrenc-rotten slips Thinking all the time of where the placid willow sips, And the Juilibows flashing lightning dashing kingfish- er dips, ~John Desmond Sheridan, in Everyman. BITS OF HUMOR "On the contrary, there is really much poetry in waste baskets," replied the unappreciated bard. Mother: "What's that awful noise next door?" Diffie: "That's the gentleman from the furniture store collecting his easy payments." . Did you ever notice how much easier it is to apolo- gise to a big man than a small one?" One of a small company cracking ey ae. "Can you tell me the difference between a Scotsman and a cocoanuf?" No answer being fortheoming, the speaker said, "Well, you can get a drink out of a cocoanut, bute" "Excuse mg," put in one of the ¢ any, "but 1 happen to be a Scotsman. Would you like a drink ?" "Oh, yes, eagerly answered the joker. "Then bus, a cocoanut," was the reply. / OWN YOUR OWN ALP ._A news Hein from Geneva says that the canay Swiss, who kt more about pleasing tourists than any other Jeople, are experimenting with 'the idea of artificially heating small im 'akes so that visiting firemen can go swimming in them. If the plan is a success, the idea is togetready for next summer bv building several "Tom Aheamby Alps for 'mjountain climbers wha do not like high places, ; Her Mother--1 believe that daughter is looking or " Her Father--Tlor goodness sake! Whose? Eve |COUNGIL PRESSES Care and | Eye Strain by C. B. Tue, Opt. D. (Copyright, 192%) Eye Strain -- Part 3 Those exposed to wind and dust, and there are some who cannot face a strong wind without evil effects to eyes, Consider then the incfeascd effect to eyes of those in swiftly mov- ing vehicles when the eyes must per- form their normal functions as well | ay combat the effect of the exposure, Strong sunlight of summer and the dazzeling snow glare of winter will increase the harmful element, Tolav the resultant faulty vision and reflex disorders. of the nervous system are more common than usual- Iy known, The constant need of close range vision, the continual ex- posure to glare from highspowered electric lights expose the eyes to ters fic strain, h Even in the very younw, faulty vision exists and develops, Many children »+e¢ not promoted, held back by faulty eyesight rather than by lower mental efficiency. With the rapid advance of civiliza- tion and the great development of industry, certain concerns have ree alized the value of eye examinations of employees, but what about the eyes of children, those who will noid the reins of industry of the future. True enough the schools in larger centres have nroper attention given to the teeth of children and are sece ing that the children are properly nourished, very child have a thorough eye examination? Many eye tions would be uncovered which in reliminary examinations are overs ooked. Preliminary tests will reveal most cases of ailing sieht, hut the me who has normal vision at she | time, expense of overworked system is Ot= | paniés, ten overlooked, Recently while driving through west Texas, I spent a night In tho thriving west Texas town of Odes- sa. . Had a very pleasant visit with Ralph Shuffler, publisher of the Odessa News-Times, who told nme of the alms and ambitions of that splendid little city. Ector County, in which Odessa is located. has an area of 990 square miles and is about half way be- tweén El Paso and Fort Worth on the coast to coast highway, known as tho "Broadway of America." Odessa is one of the largest beef cattle raising and shipping centres in the southwest and [ was told that nearly forty thousand head of cattle were shipped from there dur- ing the past year. It is the center of a great oil fleld and has the largest modern poultry ramelr in the southwest. The city is well built and attrac- | tive, has splendid schools, churches and business houses. Tho streets are wide and the city has all mod- ern improvements, I could quite agree with Grady Boll, manager of the Odessa Cham- ber of Commerce when he sald, "Odessa has a most progressive and truly western type of citizen- ship." The citizens of Odessa have done great work in tho building of that oy and it has a great future ahead of fit. I was most {impressed with the spirit of the business men of Odes. sa. They appeared to me as men who do not spend their timo talk- Ing about the business outlook, but spend thelr time being on the out- look for business. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY 18 THE ¥ACT THAT THE CITIZENS KNOW BUSINESS AAD CAPIAL COME WHERE THEY ARE INVITED AND STAY WHERE THEY ARF WELL TREATED. TI VOUND THAT ODESSA TREATS EVERYONE WELL, REQUEST REFUSED New York, Feb, 3. -- Justice Humphrey, in the Supreme Court denied the request of Jacob Cohen to have the maiden name of his wife, who. dled five years ago, re- moved 'from her tombstone in Brooklin and repladéd by her mar- ried name, Louis Felnmau, Cohen's brother. An-law, said that the latter's wife had obtained a divorce In St, Louis in 1921 and won the right to reas sume her maiden name, Lilllan Felnman, which she desired to have placed on the tablet" over her grave, (After all, it cannot be saide that Canada sufl..s from any lack of free speech. The real trouble is that we bave too many falkers~Vecterboro Examines, : CHRIST POR ALL~ALL FOR CHRIST IBLE THOUGHT AND PRAYE,. ' soll have their children memo el A ll 4 LOVE. MASTERS FEAR~There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear--1 John 4:18. 1 Father, nestled in Thy , We cannot fear, for Thou are omnipotent. (Continued from page 1) the city and inspection of, the harbor last fall, and expressed the view that the council is confident he was ime pressed, at that time, with the great potentialities of water-borne traffic | HISTORY OF SHIPPING PORT No. of Ships .. Month Entered Cleared August ...... wee 13 ; September (oveiy 14 14 October .. 18 18 November oieenes 4 4 sl Coal Situation The normal annual consumption of Bituminous and Anthracite Coal in the City oi Oshawa, is approximately 60,000 tons and 40,000 tons resp..tive ely. Arrangements have been come pleted whereby several large Coal Companies will use this Harbour as a base for their operations in the future These Companies anticipate that it will be possible to supply the ecitire requirements of the City and district through this Port, It is evident that it will be quite impossible to handl¢ more than a small fraction of the pre- ser.t Coal requirements through the Harbour in its present stage of devel opment, Certain Coal consumers in this vicinity have been very much gratified at the substantial savings in- dicated in their Coal costs, and it is urged that these savings should be available to alli If adequate handling facilities were available at the Har- b.ar, it is estimated that the savings would be approximately $100,000.00 Sl per annum to the citizens and indus. tries of Oshawa, on the base of pre- en: local consumption. This amount will, of course, increase from year to year as the City and district con- tinues to develop. Applications For Space We have on file, at the present applications from Coal Com- Qil Refineries, Sand and Gravel Companies, and others hand- ling bulk materials, requesting allot. ments of permanent whartage space. These present applications would re- quire at least 1,500 lineal feet of dockage, and would indicate that the present J00 feet of wharfage available is only about 20 Per Cent of the im- mediate requirements, The Republic Steel Co, of Youngstown, Ohio, the D. Sullivan and Co. and the Lake Transports of Cleveland, Ohio, state that they intend to move at least 20,- 000 tons of Steel through this Port during the Season of 1931, if proper wharfage and warehouses facilities can be provided, A large part of this material will reavire protection from the weather, The Canada Steamship Lines, and the Tree Line Navigation Co. have both made formal applica- tions for wharfage and waz house space. A prober warehouse is essen tial to the protection of shipments both out-going and in-coming, Lighthouse Attention is directed to the serious lack of proper Lighthouse and Har- bour lighting ftacilities, At the pre sent time it is practically impossible to navigate a ship into the Port dur- ing the night hours, or during bad weather, Several ships have been compelled hours, waiting for daylight or for bet. It is urged that a permanent Laght« ment is immediately erected. City Expenditures center, as it is a well-known fact | that 'the manufactured products of | this City are exceeded in value by Ontario, To provide facilities for the further expansion of the Industrial character of the City, the Corpora- tion has acquired large areas of land the Harbour, so that, at the present time, the City and the Dominion Gov- ernment owns practically all the land contiguous to the Harbour, This should be a very important factor in the proper developemnt of the Har bour and the surrounding Industrial arca. ine City hag just completed the fon truction of a permanent high Class the present wharf area, The last mile and a halt of this pavement has been constructed by the City threugh practically undeveloped por tion of the City at an expenditure of $52,000.00, and the work was under- taken, primarily, for the purpose of providing proper transportation fac- uties to and from the Harbour, Federal Revenue During the past five years, the Do- minion Government has derived from Oshawa a revenue of approximately $42,700,000.00, or about 1,000, per year, It is submitted that these figures are sufficient evidence of the magnitude and importance of the In- dustries now lcateg Oshawa, The City of Oshawa ha 7 anticipate the expansion of its pre- sent industries, and the establishment of many new industries. It is respec tively submitted that the Oshawa Harbour fully merits a program of development in order that this City and district may enjoy the advantage of water-borne traffic. It is undoubt- edly a fact that the completion of the Welland Canal makes it essential that Lake Ontario Ports be developed, in order that they may properly take advantage of the new adequate water facilities to the Upper Lakes. Fur- thermore, it is apparent that the Gov- ernment is seriously considering the development of the Deep Waterwav, oi the St. Lawrence river, from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean, and it will be consistently developed to provide for the inunediate needs, and permit this City to take full advant. age of water transport, as such facil 'ting are made available by the Gov ernment, Projects Requested . It is respectively urged that im- mediate action be taken by the Gov- ernment to continue the Oshawa Harbour development by initiating the following project: © (a) The further dredging of the larbour area. . . (b) The construction of at least FOR IMPROVENTNTS * ATLOCAL HARBOR vw 22,7824 tons to lie off this Port for ter visibility before they could enter. house with: modern fog-horn equip It is unnecessary to say that Osh- | awa 1s a very important Industrial only two Cities in the Province of adjacent to, and in the vicinity of, Pavement leading directly to - good reason to is hoped that the Oshawa Harbour to and from Oshawa. The memor- andum which is being sent to Ottawa reads as follows: MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS OTTAWA CANADA Re-Oshawa Harbour Early in August, 1930, the Domin- ion Department of Public Works completed the work at the Harbour as contemplated under the previous appropriations made by Parliament, From the 7th day of August, when the first ship, the "City of Kingston", entered the Port, until the close of navigation, the Harbour was uscd to a very considerable extent, ag is in- dicated by the following record: - OF OSHAWA FOR SEASON 1930 Tonnage Received from Over Wharves Autos 8S. Wharf, 253% tons 9 $ 3741 4,49634 tors 0 $257.03 11.556 tons 22 S508.13 6476 tons 0 $325.00 $1,317.57 R]| 1,200 lineal feet of wharf, (¢) The construction of w suitable and adequate warehouse with provi- sion for extension as required, (d) The construction of a provar Lighthouse and Harbour lights (e¢) The mstallation: of rog-horn equipment, (f) The construction trackage to the docks. It is hoped that these presentations along with the information now in the hands of the Govermment will indi- cate that a program of consistent development of the Oshawa Harbour is fully warranted. of suitable CHOPPED WOOD ON 100TH BIRTHDAY Medford, Mass--Colin A. Kane, native of Ingonish, N.S, and the old- est former Martime Province resident in Greater Boston, observed bis. 100th birthda © by taking a long walk and chopping wood tor half an hour. He has needed a doctor only once in his life, enjoys good health, reads with- out glasses, and hears well, The centenarian followed the life of a fisherman in Cape Bic,on untu he was 90 years old. He now here at the home of his son, John W, Kane, onc of 14 children. The aged Nova Scotian has 20 grandchildren and J0 great-grandchildren. Mayor Larkin, of Medford, sent his greetings to the family reunion held here on the occasion of the birthday anniversary, --- Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 3.--Cut- ting up a golf ball may be a short road to blindness, said Miss Mary McCelland, fleld secrctary of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, addressing a woman's club, Miss McClelland referred to cere tain types of balls which used to contain acid, She also spoke of pea shootors, pop-guns and pointed toys as dangerous to tho eyesight of children, PROBES CAUSE OF TIDAL WAVE Expert Suggests Channel In Ocean Bed Responsible For Phenomenon St. John's, Nfld.=-A channel of deep water runaing from the cen- tro of the disturbance to the Bruin Peninsula , accounted for the height and violenco of the tidal wave thet swept the Bruin coast in the wake of an earthquake and took 27 lives on November 18, 1929, in the opinion of Arthur Keith, chairman of the Division of Geology and Geography, United States National Research Council, This view is expressed in a letter to Hon. George Bartlett, in which Mr. Keith notes that 'there were peculiarities in this tidal wave, not the least of which is the fact that it was so much higher near the south end of the Bruin Peninsula than = elsewhere. Normally the wave from an earthquake goes in all directions.....,.As I now un- derstand it, the goneral centre of the shock was close to the mouth of the channel running southeast from the St, Lawrence OCulf through Chabot Strait. Where this channel reaches the edge of the continental shelf or the banks, there is an abrupt descent to the greater ocean depths Theo- rotically, the speed of a tidal wave depends upon the depth of water which it traverses, and such waves aro known to cross the Pacifile Ocean at speeds of 350 miles per hour. In those cases thero was almost unlimited depth for attain. ment of high speed. In this par- ticular case of Burin, the south coast of Newfoundland is bordered lty shallow water with the excep- tion of a channel running north from the centre of the quake di- rectly to the Burin peninsula. Along this line the water is per- haps twice as deep as on either side." Regarding the reported acid t character of tho water in the wave, Mr, Keith notes that cable ships found samples of 'dark volcanic mud." This is of a character to contaln minerals which decompose into free sulphurous gas and di- lute sulphuric acid. In all these predictions of reviving business, no one seems to have a kind word to say for peewee golf.-- Chicago Evening Post. Epas are so cheap now that some people are seriously considering the plan of storing a couple of dozen for use next summer on cuttin drivers. Kitchener Record, PRINCIPLES OF SAFETY SUBJFCT OF ROTARY TALK (Continued on page 4) hopes und leartaches which were the results of men being maimed for lite by accidents which might have been prevented. "What hap- pened to me," he said, after rolat- ing his own sory. "can happen to any ont of you, and yot ninety per cent of all accidents are caused by carelessness or thoughtleasness on the purt of some one." He pleaded for safety work to bo taken out of the cold monetary standard, und placed on a humanitaritn basis, so that the work could be completo and placed the emphasis where it should be placed. Col. Frank Chappell expressod the appreciation of the club for the address, mentioning that it was fmportant that satety principles be taught to the children, and point. ing particularly to the hazard of fireworks at certain times of the year, COURT FIGHT T0 BEGIN OVER RADID Refusal to Pay Federal License Fees Will Be Cause Ottawa, Feb, 3--=It is estimated iu Government circles here that follows ing the announcement by the Quebec Government of ity resistance to the Federal control of radio, there will b refusals to pay the license fee or t convict tor failure to pay them, The case is intended to get into the courts for judicial determination, The position taken by Quebec in this mat ter follows its contestation of Federa control of aviation, though the mat ters are not wholly analugous. Tl view here is that, if there is on thing which is inherently nation-wid and subject to unified licensing cc trol, it is radio, the ether knowng no provincial bouds. The legal interpretation will hinge upon the section of the British North America Act, which creates exelusiy provincial jurisdiction respectin 'property and civil rights." While the Quebec Government's position is not taken very seriously, it tends towards an arresting in- fluence, when legislation iv officially forecast dealing with the whale ques tion of broadcasting from a Dominion standpoint, THESE COLD WINTER DAYS! ir If You Want Real Warmth Use the Famous Reading ANTHRACITE COAL Clear bright burning, free from slate, d irt, etc., with a minimum of ash 3 WOOD We have a splendid lot of bright, dry No. 1 Body Hardwood. Also hardwood slabs free from bark. Try a load. King Street West Sole Agents FOR THE FAMOUS READING ANTHRACITE cLaughlin Coal & Supplies Ltd. i, 3 Phone 1246