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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1932 T The Oshawa Daily Times a Succeeding #8 THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER i 18 (Established 1871) 7 ; I -------------- | An independent newspaper published every after- noon except Sundays and legal holidays at Osh- awa, Canada, by The Times Publishing Com- pany of Oshawa, Limited. Chas, M, Mundy, President, A. R. Alloway, Managing Director. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily News- paper Association, the Ontario Provincial Dajlies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. } SUBSCRIPTION RATES | Delivered by carrier in Oshawa and suburbs, i week. By mail in Canada (outside Osh hg $3.00 a year. [8° awa carrier delivery limits) United States $4.00 a year. : TORONTO OFFICE 18 Bond Building, 66 Temperince Street. Tele- iB ¥ phone Adelaide 0107. H. D, Tresidder, repre- 1 sentative. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1932. 'Will the Municipalities Pay? + Considerable interest has been developed In the proposal that pensions be provided for those citizens of Canada who have had the misfortune to lose their sight. There ¥ is much merit in this proposal. While ! there are outstanding examples of blind people who have attained great success, In spite of their handicaps, the average person who is blind has a bitter struggle for existence, and is in too many cases entirely dependent on the charity of relatives and friends. : : The premier of Ontario has shown himself to be in thorough sympathy with this proposal, and has made inquiry as to what proportion of the cost of such pensions the Dominion government would expect the provinces to pay. This gives the impression ~ that any scheme which might be evolved would be based on some division of the cost petween the federal and proyincial authori- ties. Just as with the ofd age pensions scheme, there is good reasoning behind this idea, and it is not likely that any of the provinces would object to bearing a fair share of responsibility. Behind this, however, there lies the possibility that the Ontario government may seek to pass on part of its responsibility to the municipalities, just as was done in Ontario, but in no other province, with the | old age pensions. Ontario municipalities \ today find themselves burdened with heavy expenditures because of being required to meet part of the cost of provincial social | service legislation. There is a great deal of dissatisfaction in the municipalities on | this account, because this system places on | their shoulders expenditures over which | they have little or no control, expenditures i which are forced upon them by the provin- . cial government. ; With many towns and cities nearing the | breaking point, financially, these burdens | should be lightened, instead of being made | heavier, and before committing the province lL to meet expenditures for a new pensions | scheme, Premier Henry should state what I 'he expects the municipalities to do in the \ matter. Is it his intention to ask the muni- | 'cipalities to pay half of the bill of the Il province, as in the case of old age pensions? I* This is a rather important point, and it is 'the duty of the provincial government, in 'seeking to assume new responsibilities, to Jet the municipalities know how much he expects them to pay. A New Finance Minister Canadians generally, irrespective of their 'particular interests in political parties, will be pleased to note that Canada is at last to have a finance minister who will be un- trammelled with the cares of any other "office. Premier Bennett. has announced {that Hon. E. N. Rhodes, at present minis- | 'ter of fisheries, is to take over the impor- ] 'tant finance. portfolio in "the very near 'future. So far, Mr. Bennett has held it | ever since his party came into power In "the late sumnter of 1930, and he has been 'weighed down by the burdens placed upon 'him by his dual offices. The task of ad- | ministering the department of finance, in Jaddition to being the prime minister of "Canada, is too great for any man, and it is 'many months since Mr. Bennett's friends advised-him to seek a new finance minister. : e new finance minister brings to his office a long experience of public service several capacities. He was for a time saker of the House of Commons, and then retired from the federal field to be- e premier of Nova Scotia. He resigned ithat office in August, 1930, in order to "enter Mr. Bennett's cabinet as minister of go 'that, taking all things into ¢ has been well schooled for the office which he will occupy. 1's task, that of trying to balance Can- ada's budget, is no easy one. He will have from the standpoint of the people who have to pay the nation's bills, But he will have the advantage of Mr. Bennett in at " Jepst one respect, in that he will be able to A devole all of his attention to the business : 2 'ministering the country's financial it afiairs. Ontario Has the Money "ha response of the issue of a $25,000, i L500 san by the Ontario government has , n overwhelming. In the first three after the subscription lists were " vestment. difficult and unpleasant duties to perform,' opened, the igsue was subscribed two and a half times over, the lists reaching a total of $64,000,000. This indicates two satisfactory factors. The first is that the province of Ontario is sound financially, that the people have money in abundance with which to finance the business of the province. Apparently, the government anticipated that it would be difficult to raise the sum required. That is the only ground on which one can under- stand the high rate of interest allowed. The second factor is that the people of Ontario have shown abundant faith in their own province. There was no sign of hesitation on their part when the call for finances came. They know that the pro- vince was sound from an economic stand- point, and that there was no real risk in lending their money to the government. The high rate of interest, 5.90 and 6 per cent., undoubtedly had a great deal to do with the ready response of investors. It is not every day that they can secure gov- ernment Securities, or even municipal securities, with that return for their in- One questions the wisdom of the policy of the government in asstming so great an obligation in interest payments. The demand for the issue indicates that it would have been quite possible to secure all the money required without offering quite so strong an inducement to investors. But it is done now, and the people who will reap the benefit are those who are fortu- nate to have their subscriptions accepted. Editorial Notes Officials of the Canadian Labor Defence League claim it is not a Communist organ- ization. Yet with the same breath they boast of defending the Communists who fell foul of the law. Those who are seeking to have Section 98 of the Criminal Code repealed should remember that it applies solely to unlawful organizations. So long as their organiza- tions are lawful, they have no cause to worry. : "First in safety by safety first" might now be considered a good slogan for Gen- eral Motors' Oshawa plant, in view of the distinction it has won in accident preven- tion. g The old Oshawa boy who left Oshawa fifty years ago and came back expecting to meet his old friends has a great faith in the healthfulness of Oshawa's climate. Charm is that happy medium between an inferiority complex and swellhead.-- San Francisco Chronicle Many men think they know what women want in newspapers, but few actually do.-- Editor and Publisher. 'Other Editors Comments THE STRONG HAND IN INDIA (London Financial Times) There is no room for two rival Governments in India--or anywhere clsc. Lord Willingden's Admin- istration has shown by the events of the past few days that it has no intention of abondoning its present responsibilities and is determined to assert its authority. It needs to be tenacious, for the task to which the Governments in India and at home have set their hands cannot be achieved in a dav. The danger is that when the first fine careless rapture ot having done the right and difficult thing has worn off, the authorities either in India or in this country, should fail to show the same determina- tion in the steps which must be taken thereafter to prevent a recrudescence of the trouble. WHY PAY 1S NOT CUT (Buffalo Courier-Express) There is a good reason why peliticians, whether their field be national, state or local, never talk much about reducing government pay. That good reason is to be found in the fact that according to estimates there are nearly two million persons who depend upon government for their daily carnings. These two million persons represent an equal nume ber of direct votes, besides all that they are sup- posed to control or influence. And that is quite a lot to antagonize, BITS OF HUMOR There was once a gay young Coal-box Whose ambition soared so high, She confided to the Fireplace: "Pll be famous ere I die." Said the Fireplace: "Don't you worry! If you scuttle at this rate, Your remains will soon be found amongst The ashes of the 'great.'" . He: "Did you sound out your parents about our getting married?" She: "Yes, and dad sounded the worst." A boy of five, bringing home from school his first certificate, was asked by his elder brother what he had gained it for. "For politeness, you silly ass," he replied. "Were there cries of 'Authur! Author!' when vour play was produced?" "Yes, but I was running too fast for them!" BITS OF VERSE It breathes of home~this little Your-walled room, Swept clean by sunlight falling on the floor; A red geranium is ,all abloom: Flowers and sunshine-~could I ask for more In this small kingdom where I reign serefe, A woman loved and sheltered by her mate. A garden, with its long clean row of green, A cat asleep beside the glowing grate, The scent of new-baked bread, the smell of earth New washed with summer rain, the wind, the dawn. : The tranquil round of days of death and birth, Shake me in passing ere they go anon Down the long silence. Yet no echo rings To my warm kitchen where the kettle sings, i ~Edna Jacques. by C. H. Tuck, Opt. : (Copyright, 1038) YOUR CHILD AND THE EYES Part LL Yd Unless vision is comfortable, unless the child sees easily his learning will result in a labored grasp of the little knowledge he will really attain. Knowledge will be slow to grasp. Memory will be poorly developed. Mental con- centration will be of a poor gual- ity, ' Reading and calculation are best practised with the eyes al- lowing the mental grasp to fol- low quickly. It is generally found that those go practised in child- hood make better and ' clearer thinkers in after-life. A quick grasp of the letters in reading assists the memory and the mental development and the one so practised will in after years retain a better grasp of his every-day reading so creating' a splendid asset to his future busi- ness success. Very many readers read so very many words, lines. paragraphs or pages yet the mem- ory only retains a few words. When we consider the percent- age retained, unless we have the foundation strongly laid we will not retain a strong percentage of the knowledge gained and in spite of the time spent in reading during business life will gradual- ly slip back rather than to forge ahead. The future life is greatly outlived in early life and unless we perfect the many factors con- tributory to it like the whole chain of the fibre it will be only as strong as the weakest point in {ts make-up and In time grows weaker and weaker. (To be continued.) What Others Sa; REPLY TO DR. KAISER The Editor, Oshawa Daily Times. Bir: It has been said that the road to hell is paved with good inten- tions, and in all probability Dr. Kaiser's intentions were as pure as a lily and white as snow when he penned that facetious letter | whieh appeared in last Monday's issue. And yet, as a very humble | called | "circus", I cannot help but feel | participant in the so that Dr. Kalser's outpouring would have been better left un- written, It will help nobody, On the contrary the impression will be given that the General Motors fs an organization without any thoughts or feeling of consider- ation for its employees, treating them as pawns in a money-mak- | ing game; in fact, tion without a soul. ture so conveyed to the minds of outsiders will not be true to facts. In the years that I have worked for the General Motors | have not yet come in 'contact with one in- stance where a man has been put out of the plant because his age was 45 or over. If Dr. wauld take a walk through the plant he would see for himself an organiza- that that the General Motors is | carrying a very fair share of men of middle-age and over. I know tha? conditions in the factory are not as we would like them to he. It should, however, be borne in mind that those con- ditions are, in the last analysis the visible localized results of world conditions that neither the Ganeral Motors nor Dr, Kaiser can control. In all pobability the heads of the General Motors Cor- poration are doing their best un- der trying circumstances, and I think the better policy is to give them a measure of co-operation and good will. This is certainly not the time to sow seeds of en- mity between masters and men, or between nation and nation. Yours sincerely, A Man in the Plant. Mma R. B, KENNEDY, EDITOR OF THE WHITTIER (CALIFOR- NIA) NEWS, SAYS: THAT perhaps we are all sort of holding back for some Moses to lead us out of the wilderness and as individuals we are over- looking somé of the sign posts that might speed up the ordeal, Any woodsman will tell you that the moss is different on the north and the south sides of the trée anq the lost woodsman is lost indeed {f he neglects to study these simple signs. Here we are with a protected home market which properly or- ganized will keep all of our 120,- 000,000 people busy, well fed and contented. We own half of the gold of the world, more than half of the machinery, most of the automobiles and skyscrapers, and our share of really smart business men. We seem to be out of gear and our carburetors are flooded. We have been trying to start the machinery with one foot on the brake and the other on the gas, and it can't be done. During this past year we have realized that the carburetor must be drained before we start feed: ing in the gas again, but we still have our feet on the brake and our hands on the emergency, If as individuals we will stop riding th ke during the year 1932, conomic machine can be sa . It may cough and back fire for a time, but by the middle of the year we will be hitting on all eight, No one lead- er can hoist the feet of 120,000,- 000 and it is the combined' lack of confidence that. is furnishing the brake pressure. Let's don't wait for a Moses. LET'S QUIT LISTENING FOR NEW NOISES IN THE ECONOMIC MACH- INERY AND START ON OUR MARCH TOWARDS THE RIS- ING SUN OI' PROSPERITY, The Word of God CHRISTIAN CONFIDENCE: -- This is the confidence that we nave in him, that, it we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. L John 5: 14. CANADIAN ALMANAC FOR 1932 The 1932 edition of the Canadian Almanac, which has just been is- sued by the Copp Clark Company, of Toronto, at a price of $3.50, is®a volume of great value to men in all lines of business. It contains an amazing array of interesting facts and information of everyday use in business offices and other establishments. Its contents run a wide range of information, legal, commercial, statistical, educational, financial, and relating to many other phases of Canadian life and activity. The inclusion of the pre- sent Canadian customs tariffs makes it a worth-while reference work tor those who have to deal with these schedules, while the lists of banks and branches, post offices, and other public institutions are al- so of great value, The survey of all the provinces of Canada is very complete, and provides government- al information in condensed and easily-located form. As a book of reference, it is worth far more to the average business man than the amount it costs, LONPON JUDGMENT VITAL TO QUEBEC | Supreme Court Ruling Is Quashsd by Privy Coun- cil Judgment London, Jan. 28-The judical | interpretation to be Kaiser | | taxicab accident, committee of the Privy Council allowed the appeal of the Regent Taxi and Transport Company of Montreal from a judgment of the jupreme Court of Canada in favor of Les Congregation des Freres Maristes, who had been awarded damages as a result of Injuries suffered by Brother Henr{ Gabriel in an automobile accldent, The Privy Council stipulated, however, that nothing already paid by the Taxicab Company to the respondents shall be recover- able, and appellants will pay the respondents' costs. The significance of lay In the contention of appell- ants that the judgment of the Canadian Supreme Court. over- rides the jurisprudence of the \case | Province of Quebec, And the ple- | Far-Reaching Results The judgment of the Privy Council will have far-reaching results, as it fixes definately the placed on provisions of Quebee, with two long-disputed the Civil Code of respect to the rights of persons to sue for accidents caused to another, it was statéd this morn- ing by leading lawyers. So im- portant was the principle of law at stake that wfter the religious order had won its case all through the Quebee courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, an appeal to the Privy Council was financed for the Taxicah Company by leading insurance and industrial companies of Mon- treal. The main point at fssue was whether an employer is entitled to sue for damages caused to his employe. In the present the religious order of money in the training of the the fatal agset to suffered injuries in the it was argued, the brother's potential value-to the organization was wiped out, and a definite loss was suffered which should be recovered in the shape of damages. Cite Civil Code In support of the claim, the religious 'order based itself on an article of the Civil Code, which sets forth that 'all per- sons capable of discerning right and wrong are responsible for damares caused to others through negligence or imprudence'. Throughout the Quebec courts, and in the Supreme Court of Canada the action for damages was maintained on 'the ground that the worq "others" should be construed in the widest possi- ble sense to include all persons who in any way suffered damage, On the other hand, it was argued that a succeeding clause of the eivil code restricts the right of taking actions for dam- ages in cases wheré the injured nerson dies without himself oh- taining redress, to "a plaintiff's consort, father, mother anq chil. dren." In the case of a corpora- tion or other employers, it was argued therefore, that no right of action lay, as the clause gave such right only to relatives spec- ified. The Privy Council has now placed the more restricted inter- pretation on the law and declares that right of action belon"s only to relatives mentioned in the latter cirele. The interpretation is, therefore contrary to that which has con- sistently been given by the Que- bec courts in the past. Cornwall--Fred Rupert, North Lunenburg farmer, describes a large exw laid by a White Leghorn hen on h*: farm, 4s "a good day's work for any hen" The egg weighs five nine inches in circumference. It is perfectly shaped, but the shell is rough and fragile. - the | case | contended | that they had spent certain sums | brother, who thereby became an | organization, In | and three-quarter ounces and is | PARLEY SOUGHT AFTER ELECTION French Premier Would De- lay Conference on Reparations Paris, Jan. 27. -- Premier La- val has made a new debl and re- paration proposal to Great Bri- tain predicated on non-participa- tion by the United States in any sottlement agreement, it was said in well-informed quarters. In a long talk with Lord Tyr- rell, the British Ambassador, it was understood that he suggested a short moratorium on repara- tions to continue over the United States elections and to expire be- fcre December 15, when the next French payment to the United Stotes is due. After the French eicctionsg in May there would he a conference at Lausanne or else- where to negotiate a permanent agreement, Fayment of unconditional re- raration instalment would be | mede to the World Bank and loaned back to Germany as un- der the Hoover moratorium. At the expiration of the proposed new moratorium it was said, the I'remier suggested that France | and Great Britain should try to | reach an agreement determining | the amount that Germany is to | pay. GUILLOTINE AT WORK IN PARIS Citizens Flzck to Public Ex- ecution as Part of Christ- mas Night Attraction Paris. -- The guillotine at {ts gruesome work was an. "attrac- tion' provided by the authorities for the Christmas holidays in Paris, a young man being be- headed in public the Saturday | worning following Christmas Vast crowds attended the execu- tion. The victim of the deadly knife was Georges Gauchet, who rohbed and killed a jeweller in the Avenue Mozart, He was gulil- lotined 'at seven o'clock in the morning at the Boulevard Arageo, | near the Santé Prison. The case excited great interest, as Gauchet was little more than | a hoy and the son of a prosperous baker, who left him about #8,- 000. After squandering the money on riotous living, Gauchet committed his crime to get | money for his mistress, He had shown during his trial | and afterwards extraordinary calmness without any sort of bra- | vado., When he was copdemned to death he said that his punish- ment was deserved.. He refused to appeal agdinst his conviction | and he went to his death with | stcical courage, refusing alike the consolations of religion and those of the traditional cigarette und glass of rum, | Thousands of people began as- rembling at the place of execu- tion soon after midnight on Christmas Day, and at two o'- | ciock in the morning reinforce- | ments of police and Republican | Guards had to be sent for to hold back the immense crowd and clear a large area around the guillotine. Among the sightseers were many men and women in evening dress who chose this | agreeable method of finishing an cvening out, According to the Petit Journal the police cordon at the end of the Rue Glaciere wag broken through immediately after the execution and some people suc- ceeded in reaching the guillotine, where women dipped their hand- kerchiefs in the blood of the ex- ecuted man, Eeveral newspapers protested against the action of the author- ities in choosing Christmas night for such a scene, PROVIDE for your future -- -------- 'Build a Savings Within an hour's motor ride from Edmonton, Alberta, lies one of Can- ada's principal animal reserves, Elk Island National Park. The reserve, the first animal sanctuary to be es- tablished by the Department of the Interior, has been in existence since 1906 and was originally cteated for the preservation of elk or wapiti. 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