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o ___PAGE FOUR . +The Oshawa Daily Times 2 Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Establisted 1871) 4 An independent newspaper, blist.ed gery alist Ca oa by The Times ing y A sal ite, Chas. M. Mundy, President A. PF. Alloway Managing Director. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana: dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspaper, Asso oe Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Asdit Brreau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 2 ivered b rier in Oshawa and suburbs, a og By oat in Canada (outside Oshawa ear- rier delivery limits) $300 a vear. United States $4002 year + ORONTO OFFICE 18 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder. representative. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16th, 1981. Where are They? There is a certain type of citizen who should be keenly interested in the muni- cipal 'government of Oshawa, but who seems averse to serving his city in a public office. There are merchants whose whole resources are tied up in the city, but who seem to feel that it is none of their busi- ness how the city's affairs are administered. There are men in high positions in manu- facturing concerns who take little interest in the affairs of civic government. There are some outstanding professional men who could bring much to the civic councils of Oshawa, but who have, so far stood aloof from participating in this duty of citizen- ship. It these men are at all alive to the posi- tion in which the city stands today, and to their own responsibilities in the matter, the attitude of standing aloof from civic duties would quickly disappear. The affairs of Oshawa at the present time demand a business administration, and demand that men with acknowledged gifts of business sense and acumen should come forward and offer their services to the public. We hold no particular brief for the ser- vice clubs of Oshawa, other than for their splendid community work, but it is a fact that they contain most of the prominent business and professional men of the city. Yet not one member of a service club oc- cupies a place at the city council table: with the exception of Mayor Marks. In these clubs are men who, by their positions in the community, might be termed its lead- ers, Yet in this important respect they have failed to measure up to the responsi- bilities of citizenship which rest upon them. There are many people in the city who believe the time has come to secure some new blood in the city council, to bring into its ranks some of these business leaders of 'Oshawa. Although it may not be fully re- -alized, the affairs of Oshawa are not in any too happy a condition, and it will require the efforts of the best brains the city can produce to keep a grip on things in the next few years. There is a challenge in this state of affairs to every man who has the time and the ability to serve his commun- » "ty to come forward and offer his services as a member of the city council. All of . them could not, of course, be elected, but if a sufficient number of the leading busi- ness men of the city would offer their ser- vices in this spirit, Oshawa would be as- sured of one of the best city councils in 1932 that the city has ever known, Industrial Gas Rates . There is a possibility that the announce- ment of low industrial and commercial gas rates, made by the Ontario Shore Gas Com- pany, will have far-reaching effects locally. ~ For the first few months after acquiring he local gas system, the company bent its energies towards the remodelling and re- . huilding of the plant. so as to make it pro- duce gas economically, With that task over, the next step has been taken, that of making industrial gas rates sufficiently low to make it attractive to the largest potential gas users in the community. The effects of this policy should in time be felt by every gas consumer in the city. The gas rates for domestic consumers are ed 'entirely on consumption, and with reasing consumption likely to follow on the fixing of industrial and commer- | rate schedules, there is every reason hope for a downward revision of the pmestic rate in the near future. * That, however, is only one of the possi- bilities. Under the old rates, gas for in- dustrial purposes was not attractive, With that handicap removed, the industrial pos- sibilities of this type of fuel will be greatly extended. It will now be possible to offer to industries seeking a location, and re- quiring gas for their processes a supply of * fuel at a remarkably low rate, based, of _ course, on the amount consumed. 'This is an added asset to Oshawa from an indus- "trial standpoint, and provides the city's in- dustrial commissioner with one more po- 'tent argument in favor of Oshawa as an industrial location. While undoubtedly serving its own in- _terests, the Ontario Shore Gas Company is ~-at the same time rendering a fine service 0 Oshawa Aapting its policies to meet needs of | ity, commercially and rially, in the fullest possible way. To End Threshing Fires The statement made by Fire Marshal Heaton at the Wentworth fire inquiry at Rockton, that an invention had been per- fected which would put an end to threshing fires, is of great importance to the farmers of Ontario. What the invention is was not fully disclosed, but the fire hal asserted that it will practically eliminate all danger of fire while grain is being threshed. In the last few months, there have been numerous fires caused by a flame coming from the blower of a threshing machine, and setting fire to the straw stack. In some cases, such as that in which the barn on the Oshawa city farm was destroyed, with the season's crops, the loss has been severe. Not only were buildings and stock destroyed, but the work of a whole year was nullified. It was suggested at that time that some system of insurance protection against fires of this type might be devised, so that these heavy losses might be minimized. The preventative announced by the fire marshal, . however, is even more important, because it is apparently aimed at removing the cause of such fires. If they can be prevented altogether, that is even better than provid- ing for insurance to cover losses after the fire has occurred. It is to be hoped that his prediction that the invention of which he spoke will be ready before next season will be realized, and that it will be made available for all threshing machines, so as to eliminate one of the causes of frequent loss to farmers. Editorial Notes Japan has now gone off the gold stand- ard. Soon France and the United States will be the only nations worshipping at the shrine of the golden calf. The boy scouts sfill need lot of toys, As gifts for needy girls and goys. Twenty thousand people tried to storm their way into the new Toronto arena for a young men's Bible Class meeting. This seems to indicate that interest in religion is still very much alive. The country is over the period when the patient must get worse befor he can get better.--Brandon Sun. Germany is following the fashion, and is adopting a new tariff against foreign in- vasion and dumping.--Owen Sound Sun- Times. Few objections have so far been heard concerning the $40 license fee to be charged for sixteen cylinder cars.--Port Arthur News-Chronicle. Barn fires are sometimes caused by the friction developed when a mortgage and an insurance policy rub together.--Fergus News-Argus. [| 3 Other Editor's Comments BUSINESS GETTING BETTER (Ottawa Journal) Reports by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show that retail sales in Canada are improving, that there is a general disposition everywhere to loosen up and put more money into circulation, This is all to the good. Unemployed dollars mean un- employed men, and unemployed men mean decreased purchasing power, with the vicious circle going.on and on. The recent overwhelming response to the National Service Loan showed that there was a great deal of money in the country. Also it showed what the public can do when it makes up its mind to use its money. Moreover, with the success of the National Loan making for a restoration of confidence, and with lots of money' still left in the banks, there is every reason for belief that business is due to pick up, that we are in for a first-class Christmas trade, and that, taken all in all, we have left much of the depression behind us, BITS OF HUMOR : NO GIFTS Sandy arrived at the boarding-house and was shown to his room, "There you are, sir," 'said the land-lady, "that's your room, : "Looks comfortable," said Sandy, 'Yes, sir," went on the woman, "people usually admit I've made them comfortable here. I've always had a gift for doing that." "Is that a fact?" said Sandy, "Weel, you needna' expect one from me." He: "Do you think kissing is: as dangerous as the doctors say?" She: "Well, it has certainly put an end to a good many bachelors!" JA necklace of green-glazed steatite beads, now in the possession of the Egypt Exploration Society, is said to have been made more than 6,500 years age and is considered the oldest man-made thing on earth, . "Your confounded hair restorer has made my hair come out more than ever!" growled the custom- er. : , "Ah, you must have put too much on, sir!" re- plied the quick-witted barber. "Made the hair come all the way out, instead of only halfway. BITS OF VERSE _... FAIRY SONG Oh, life's a very frail thing, And very swift to pass; And love is but a pale thing, And breakable as glass, But dreams are very long things, That live when life is past: And visions very strong things, Fhat conquer love at last, ~=M.: C lL. 3 M. McINTYRE HOOD, EDITOR OF THE OSHAWA (ONTARIO) DAILY TIMES, SAYS; THAT the best advertising which any city or town can have is found in the manner in which its citizens speak of it when they are away from home. HOW OFTEN we find men and women, when visiting elsewhere, are prone to criticise their own city to others. They declare it to be dead, that it has few at- tractions, and that they would not live in it if they could find em- ployment and a chance to live elsewhere, THESE. MEN and women may pot realize it, but in condeming their own city, they are condeming themselves, No city can be any better or greater than the people who live in it. If they are dead the city will be dead, Ir they do nothing to make it more attrac. tive, then it will never be attrac tive, MEN AND WOMEN who carn their living in a _city should be loyal to that city, Their lovalty will help it grow, will help it to be more attractive, After all, it is that lovalty in individuals, multi plied thousands of times over, that makes the kind of community spirit which makes some cities stand out as superior to all others. IF I WERE ASKED TO NAME SOME OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP, 1 WOULD PLACE LOY ALTY TO THE HOME CITY IN THE FOREFRONT, AND ONE OF THE FINEST WAYS IN WHICH TO EXPRESS THAT LOYALTY IS FOUND IN TAK- ING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BOOST THE HOME CITY, TO TELL THE WORLD THAT IT IS THE FINEST PLACE ON EARTH. 1F EVERY CITIZEN MADF A HABIT OF PRACTIC- ING CIVIC LOYALTY IN THIS WAY, THEN YOUR CITY WOULD SOON BECOME AS GOOD A PLACE TO LIVE IN AS YOU SAY IT IS What Others Say PENSION ADMINISTRATION The Editor, The Oshawa Daily Times, Oshawa, Ont. Dear Sir: In your valuable paper of Saturday, December 12th, there appeared an editorial under the caption of "The Minister's State- ment' having reference to the all-important question of Pension | awards and the legislative ma chinery created for the Adminis. tration of the Pensions Act, Before proceeding, allow me to mention the fact that I am also a pensioner which in effect will serve to illustrate the purpose of this letter, In referring to the first para. graph of your article in which you state, the Minister gives the impression of being well satisfied with the workings of the amend- ed act and the machinery of ad- ministration. It occurs to mo that | the Honurable Gentleman ros ponsible for the Department ot | Pensions and National Health could hardly be accused of not be- | ing aware of any conditions ex- {sting in his Department, and the fact that such condition as you have pointed out do exist is with- out argument, but the unfortunate aspect of the whole question fis that the Pensions Act has become something of a Political football between Parties, and this last a- mendment enacted for the express purpose of putting the onus of proof on the Board of Pension Commissioners ng to whether or not the disability complained of was. incured or aggravated during service in France, is a farce, pushed through the House at the last moment as a vote-catcher, allowing wide scope of powers for the Chief Counsel to the Board to appeal all decisions made by the Pension Tribunal in favor of the applicants, In support of the above I wish to quote from an extract from a letter 1 have re- 2 Luden's Menthol Action soothes the throat, clears the head and gives relief from coughing in just 10 seconds. | In salary or | are ceived from the Chief Pension Advocate which in part states: To establish this relationship, particularly when the first appli- cation is made some years after discharge from the forces, it is necessary to produce positive proof or evidence, which is the term used, of such. relationship, refering of course to the relation ship between injury or disease causing disability and military service, In my case however, I have been in receipt of a pension since my discharge from the forces in 1919 and I have had no cause to complain of the treat- ment accorded me by the Pen- gion Board in this respect, last winter, however, my health began to fail, not knowing the cause, I sought expert medical advice, during which 1 subjected myself to the observations of, nose and throat specialist, lung specialist, heart and nerve specialist togeth- er with several X-rays of different parts of my anatomy, this accum- ulated data is on file in the office of the Physician in Montreal, who advised me strongly to apply for additional pension stating that my condition was far from what it should be and that it is tracable to my service in France. I made this application enclosing with it a copy of the medical report, hwhich was a brief summary of the reports from the various special- ists, but containing sufcient evi- dence of the nature of my trou- ble. I cite this case merely as an- other example of the admirable advantage this amendment gives the Pension Board over the un- fortunate applicant. I need not of course quote the reply. It is typi- cal of all such replies from that Department at Ottawa. Whether or not the Honour- able Gentlemen who have aspired to the seats of the mighty are a- ware of the existing conditions the fact remains, the portfolio of the Department of Pensions and National Health is not an exalted one and therefore it is a vacancy usually handed out as sop to a less competent member who can be depended upon to jump at the crock of the Party Whip ! We can- not in justice blame the Commis- sloners, they must obey the high- erups, those who were elected hy the people for the people. The unfortunate aspect of our demo- cratic system of election is that we often fail to distinguish the wheat from the chaf and in con- sequence invariably return to Parliament men who are incom- petent to hold the office to which they aspire. Surely there is a { volee in the House of Commons that ¢an bring down the motion for an amendment that will serve Justice to those of our unfortunate ex-service men who so richly de- serve and are s5 badly in need of it. If it is a question of an increase indemnity there is never any hesitation of an amend. ment to the necessary legislation, not those who risked their all entitled to more sympathetic { consideration? If this letter should seem radi- cal or rash, do not forget that rad- ical conditions require radical methods, I can hardly expect that you will care to publish, but you need have no hesitation about doing so, as far as [ am concerned. Yours very' truly, H, V, ELLEGETT. 114 Agnes Street, Oshawa, Dec, 14th, 1931, THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Oshawa, Dec, 15, 1931. { 10 the Editor, Oshawa Daily Times, Oshawa, Ont, I read with interest your re- cont news item concerning the poesibility of Mayor Marks being given a sccond term by acclama- tion, The idea is a good one and should find general approval am- ong the electors of Oshawa. Mayor Marks has served the city well and with many import- ant projects under way the mayor should be glven another year of office without election and in so doing, the city would be savea tne expense of a mayoralty contest, It would almost seem that the sdme might apply to the present members of the Board of Edu- calton, The main work of the Board of Education consists of locking after the business aris- ing out of the operation of a school system and the present roard is well qualified to contin- uo to serve the public in this re- gard The Board of Education is working smoothly for the pat several years and they appear to have the co-operation of the staff of the Public Schools and the Col- leglate Institute, It may appear to some that the cost of education is much too nigh, but many of the items can- not be reduced as they are fixed charges. At a time when all de- partments of our municipal gov- ernment are straining every nerve to effect economies it would he unwise to have an election for the Board of Education, 1t 1s recognized that the present mem- bers of the Board of Education whose term of office is just expir- ing, are men of high standing and qualifications, and whose de- votion to public duty 1s unceas- h mg, They serve the city without remuneration and with much ex- nense, at times, to themselves, It would seem, Mr. Editor, that nn overy field of municipal affairs ncluding the Public Utilities Commission where we are so ably served by men who have had long municipal experience, that cone fidence in them should be renew- od without putting the city to the unnecessary cost of an election this year. : 1 feel I am expressing the opin- foc of many ratepayers as well as my own when | say the Mayor should have an acclamation, the meinhers of the Public Utilities should ba elected by acclamation andl also the members of the doord of Education. I sincerely hope, Mr. Editor, that the electors generally will uyfee with me in this matter and 80 save the city hundreds of dol- lays at this time when our money could be pat to wetter use. Oshawa Ratepayer. It he calls cgphme' you know he is a good talker when it comes to renews ing a note. his business a GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 1S LIVING CONTRADICTION Famous Author's Life Dis- closed in Biography by g Frank Harris London~"Mr, Shaw as w, him in Frank Harns's book, is a nymg contradiction of everything we are taught in Samuel Smuless Self-help'," says Robert Lynd, in the News-Chronicle in his review ot rrank Harris's book "Secrets of Gcorge Bernard Shaw", published recently, Continuing Mr, Lynd says: "Here we see a timid boy, a hater of drudgery, without a single advan- tage except his natural ability, and with scarcely more initiative than a processional caterpillar arriving at the peaks of fame and fortune, "It is true that 'G.B.S. was born with noble blood in his veins, for were not the Shaws descended from 'Shaigh, third son of Macduff, Earl of Fife, who cuffed Macbeth'? Ou the other hand, the particular descendant of Shaigh who became the rather of Shaw was a hard- drinking and otherwise unfortunate Dublin merchant who could do lit- tle to give his son an auspicious start in life. As for his mother, who married under the impression that she was becoming the wife or a lifelong and bigoted teetotaller, she too, according to the present biography, was not of a kind to push the careers of her children, 'We as children,' says Mr, Shaw, 'had to find our way in a houschold where there was neither hate nor love, fear nor reverence, but always personality.' Timid But Boastful "Even in his early years, however, according to Harris--or did Mr, Shaw write this?--he had enough of the egotist in him to romance about 'his courage and prowess with the reckless mendacity of a an exceptionally timid child. all the time he 'carried his arrant cowardice in his breast, a guilty secret.' Who could have seen in this nervous boy, easily moved to tears, whose first literary composi- tion was a prayer, the beginnings of the audacious Shaw of the plays and the prefaces? So shy was he, indeed, when he came to London at the age of 20, that his first act was to go to the British Museum Kead- ing Room and study all the books on etiquette he could find in order to learn how to behave in human society, "For the next nine years, we are told, he 'was a complete failure, and towards the end of them an unpre- writing novels that nobody would buy, and his total carnings with his amounted to precisely $28.72. This push. 'I never struggled. adds: 'He was pushed into every job he got, and he alway: helplessly for the push. The Men Who Helped Him "First, Archer pushed him into book-reviewing on the 'Pall and then into art-criticism on the 'World! Later, Massingham shoved him into musical criticism on the 'Star' Then Mr, Harris, whom he matic critic. on the 'Saturday Re- view," and Mr, Shaw lived financial ly happily ever after, "But, even then, pushed into writing plays. He was first 'shoved' into doing so by Wil- liam Archer, and most of his other plays wereqalso more or less drag- ged out of him. 'It may seriously be doubted,' says Harris, 'whether Shaw 'would ever have written a plav if there had been no theatres be obliged.' "The only sign of initiative Mr his carly years indeed is to be found in the story of his early tailure as a sneaker at the Zetetical Society through stage-fright, and of the in public every week until he cither mastered the art or died of the ter- rible heart-thumpings that afflicted him at the very thought of facing an audience.' "We are told that Mr, Shaw has corrected the proofs of this hook since Harris's death, and, thou! he has altered none of Harris's judgrhents, some of them very dis- paragin,, we may take it that the statements of fact have been auth- orized--and occasionally inserted-- by Shaw, The more Mr, Shaw lets us know about himself, however, the less we seem to know about him. ths method 1s to mystify his read- ers with an appearance of extreme candor, Shaw's Marriage "Take as an example of this ap- parent candor the story he told Harris of his marriage to Miss Payne-Townsend. Having injured his ankle, he was carried into her country home, where she nursed im: "He found it very difficult to forgo his charming philanderer's speeches, especially to someone who bad been so kind and sweet and such a good nurse, so helptul in every way. "It suddenly became quite clear to me," he later related to me, 'that if 1 kept on I had to make love to her and ask her to marry me, and I didn't intend to do' anything of the sort, So one night 1 made up my mind to leave, and next morn in' got up very early, I started to sneak out at dawn, but the floors were of polished oak and I had a lo. 2 flight of stairs before me. On almost the first step my lame leg buckled under me and I tell head- long to the bottom. Almost im- mediately she came out, hurried down and steps to where I lay, and helped me to my feet. Travesty of Facts "This, we are now told, is a mere travesty of the facts, since the fall downstairs did not occur till after the Shaws were married. It was while G.B.S. was recovering from a operation that this future wife insisted on his visiting her house at Hindhead. 'We married he has said, "because we had become indis- pensable to one another, Harris | money and herself, who cannot forgive Mrs, Shaw for having burned one of his books, sugz sts that she regarded GBS as 'a first-class investment for her knowing that {both could be useful to him,' It is impossible to take this book seri~ ously as a life of Mr. Shaw, even with M r Shaw's revisions, Mr, Shaw is about as much alive in it as a butterfly on a pin in a glass case, Harris's judgments and criti- cisms arc as arrogant as they are insensitive, and there is sometl.ing born story-teller whilst he was still | jut | sentably seedy one.' He persisted in | pen between the years 1879 and 1883 | Harris attributes, largely, to lack of ) . I Mr. | Shaw himself tells us, And Harris | waited Mall, | approached, turned him into a dra- | he had to he | to be kept open and no actors to | Shaw appears to have shown during | oath he swore that 'he would speak | rather ludicrous in the exchange af | views between author and subject | about the latter's sex-lite, Harris regards Shaw as a Puritan because | i he remained content till the age of | see | 29. Mr. Shaw retorts that Harris was a4 prude, Mr, Shaw undoubtedly succeeded in shocking Harris in "is own fashion by confessing: "I 1ound sex hopeless as a basis for permanent relations, and never dreamt of marriage in counection with it. I put everything else bhe- fore it, and never refused or broke an engagement to speak on Social- isin to pass a gallant evening.' "There is little to startle the reader, however, outside a few pager, and undoubtedly Mr, Shaw's are of the liveliest interest, by far the most interesting thiings, indeed, in the book, For the rest, the Har- ris touch is ponderous, despite his undoubted gifts as a writer, Mr, Shaw call; hin 'the most impossible of biographers,' and this book is not much more satisfactory than the majority of biographies of living mer ANCIENT LAW CITED; SENTENCE CHANGED Paul W, Bonynge reversed as too a sentence of thirty davs in jail for driving while intoxicated He suspended sentence on re ¥ a promise of future n George E. Betts, the defend- Botts was arrested on November 6 following an accident, He was c..victed before Police Justice Wil layton in Williston Park, and sentenced to jail, His attorney, Francis J. 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