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PAGE FOUR | sms hoy The Oshawa Daily Times Sucgged e he . THE OSHAWA DAIL REFORMER (Established 1871) dependent h aper pliblished every after- n isp pA fegal holidays dt ih 'h, Canadh, by The Times Publishing Com- pany of Oshawa, Litnjted. Chas, pndy, President, A. R., Alloway, Managing Director. hada | mes | ber of The y nd me asadian Datly News Association, the Ontario Provincial ET ations, wa and suburbs, , By mall in Canada (outside Osh- a carrier etivery limits) $3.00 a year. a tad Sig M3 Fic p10) 18 Bond Bunding, 66 Temperance Street. Tele By 4 unas 0107. H, D, Tresidder, repre- - . sentative, : flies atid A -- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1932, A Timely Gift _Thie Ostiawa Public Utilities Corimission announces a timely gift to the power users of the city. The decision to grant a rebate amounting to the total of the last billing for 1931 means the distribution to the power consumers of a sum of over $52,000, this being paid out of the accumulated surplus of the electrical department. As The Times intimated in these columns 4 few yeirs ago, this Is a seffsible method of eporing of the surplus, It means that the people who actually were résponsible ior creating the surplus will reap the bene- fit of it, The cheques which will be hand- ed out in the near future will be greatly appreciated, not only by the smaller users of power and light for domestic purposes, but. equally so by the commercial and in- dustrial users, whose rebates will be great- er in proportion to the amount of their bills. This. will be a real gift, since when payment was made of this amount, it was payment, for power consumed, and there was no thought that it would be handed back again. In many cases, the rebates will help poorer people whose electric bills are in arrears, since the amount of the rebate will be applied to wiping out these arrears, thus giving them a fresh start. Considering that it is less than three years since the city took over the electrical distribution system of Oshawa, the results have heen remarkable. Already there have been two substantial reductions in light and, power rates, and on top of these there this rebate, which amounts, in the case i domestic and commercial users, of one- of the entire year's cost of light and doer. These splendid results show how wise thie people of Oshawa were in voting for. the purchase of their electrical utility, and how sound was the judgment of those nen who engineered the purchase pro- 8. _ The aim of the local.commission ig to provide the city of Oshawa with power at cost, and since, even at the last year's rates, there was a very substantialsarplus, it is not too.much to expect that in ihe near, future there may he further reduc- tions in the rates for light and power. Starting All Over Again 1t is interesting to pote that the Oshawa re yiery, in. a resolution passed at its meeting here the other day, requested that the government amend the Liquor Control to permit local opinion within each county. .. This, is a suggestion which recalls the truggle of the early days for the abolition of the liquor traffic in Ontario. For many of fhe id gale in Ontario was on a local ion. basis, 'with prohibition in those nicipalities which. voted against the ars, and liquor selling in those places where the vote went in that direction, This created some interesting sityations, since in many cases towns and cities within a ery short distance of each other were on oBponite policies so far as liquor was con- gerned. There were even cases in which towns divided by the boundary lines of two _ counties were. half dry and half wet. present Liquor Control Act was in- ded to be based, to some extent, on the iple. of local option. . When it «was it was provided tha municipalities ch were under local opfion prior to the he es tot of the Ontario Temper- 'ance Act were debarred from having liquor tores, while those which had bars under p were allowed to have liquor AE Semis, | Thi, system, howeyer, has not always ected public opinion within the com. |) es. In Scores of cases, there, had en a pomplete change in the population of the mun Reality: In communities which d previously had bars, there had been a sentiment; and the people were 0 liuor selling. In other cases, hg Teverse Was trie, & Bikis ww. From standpoint, the Oshawa Pres- Nr He ia ground in asking that he § ineiple- of local option be applied to the Liguor Control Act. Whether or not community is to have a lquor store or pewery, warehouse should be decided by ! a population desires at. the present ie, and not by what its inhabitants of fteen or twenty years ago wanted. The ip in effect, purposes to start all n, the campaign to make Ontagi pail again dry, if that Jo. pk pig | 'THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1932 The policy proposed is & good ore, slice it 4ffords the opportunity for education in tethperatic leading to definite steps for abolition of the sale of liquor. And since it hag been proven impossible, for the predent, to secure this through political chafinels; it is a wise niove to start direct activitieg against the liquor traffic; even if only on a basis of step by step cleaning up of the situation, Doés it Pay to Advertise ? "Does it pay to advertise?" you ask, That is a worthy question that hds been answered time and again to the complete satisfaction of the advertisers who wanted to be sure that their money was being well spent. If any of you still have lingering doubts, we will refer you to the onion, It used to be a topic for lighter conversation, a thing to avoid if you were seeking a girl's heart and hand, a food to be eaten behind closed doors, Southern Ontario onion growers had fine crops but the markets were poor, and they were ready to throw up their hands in disgust when along came a very clever man who suggested that if the onion growers paid him sufficiently he would sell their onions. A worthy offer, indeed. He origin- ated the idea of onion week, spread the glad news all around that onion eating was the proper fad, and let the Jorld know that if an apple a day would keep the doctor away, an onion a day would kee two doctors at arm's length, The newspapers ate up the idea and gave him millions of dollars worth of publicity, for which they, in return, got nothing. The result? The following déspatch from Leamington speaks for itself: "Three million onions were rolling east this afternoon as the first trainload ever to leave this premier onion- producing area pulled out for Montreal. " 'There isn't a tear in a carload as far as we are concerned,' stated President Atkinson for the Ontario onion pool, as the special train of 25 cars pulled out. "The departure of the consignment today saw the onion pool's warehouses practically cleared of the 1931 crop at prices that have topped those of the past few years, And this year the Essex and Kent Counties producers grew more thah 800,000 bushels of onions, whose mineral salts are in¢reasing in favor since the diet era arrived. "To-day's movement crowneg'the develop- ment of 10 years of onion growing in Essex and Kent counties." Sure advertising pay .--Lindsay Post. Editorial Notes In case th editorial in last night's issue led to the Felief that reporters were allow- ed to attend board of education committee meetings, we hasten to say that this is not thé case. But there is usually little difficully in securing a statement. of what these committees do, when anything im- pditant is being discussed. The Ontario county council is in real earnest in its policy of economy, and while many institutions will suffer, the farmers should benefit by a lower tax rate. All that the hoard of education has to do is to go ahead and spend the amount of money it asked for in its estimates, and the council will simply have to provide the money and look as pleasant as possible about it. What many people are asking is why the city council, in spite of all its economies and salary reductions, was unable to re- duce its share of the tax rate. BITS OF HUMOR Advertisement: "Eugenie Hats, one-third off" Why mention anything. so obvious. They wouldn't be Eugenies if they weren't, A ------ Teacher--How can you tell the approach of win- ter? Pupil--=It begins to get later earlier, Still, if it weren't for football, how would any- body know that the colleges were open for busi- tess 2==San Diego Union. Benevolent Old Gentleman: "Let me ring it for You-sa little chap like you can't reach as high as that." Small Urchin: "Thank you, gov'nor. Now we'd better 'op it quick!" pri -- Massage is a cure for. bad temper, The doctors in conference suy. It may be, of course, But he's only made worse, The patient you "rub the wrong way." - + Client--I am making a ten days' tour of Italy. Can you recommend me a suitable guide bookr Bookscller--Here is the very thing, "Italy in a Week." jest Client-+»What is the good of that? Whig am I to do with the other threg days? Mother. (to her little boy, arter he has told a lie)--Do. you know what happens to little boys who tell lies? ~ "Yes, mother; the, travel half-fare on the bus." First Dole-drawer: "Wotcher, mate, what's bitin' 3 Second Dole-drawer: "Seven blinkin' year I've drawed the dole, and yesterday it was stopped, atter seven years' faithful service!" Man (signing on at the Labor Exchange to 3 "Ain't I entitled to a rise?" : "Why Man: "Well, I've been signing on five years now. a \ «+A famous boxer is writing the story of his great est fight. All about a bout? - merce in 1 years, Program and Performance A record of the Plags of the Oshiwh Chsiuber of Cor , its achievements of the last four ARTICLE Np, 5. , THE FORUM PROGRAM In addition to the specific. pro- gram of the Chamber of Commerce, as Jaid dewn in 1928, and which has been dealt with in detail in the last four, articles, there was a, further section which was known as a Forum Program, This program consisted of a number of projects which were considered to be of fundamental merit, thg' need for which was understood by an intel- ligent minority of those who sub- mitted suggestions, but which, it was felt at the time, could not be achieved until made popular, It is interesting to note, however, that in regard to some of these projects, success has attended the promotion al activities of the Chamber of Commerce, Some of these projects are given below, with notations on the. pro- gress which has been made towards their achievement, Artificial Ice Arena The forum program contains the following as its first paragraph: ""ndeavor to, promote an interest in, amateur sport, and discuss ways and mcans of pro- viding a hockey arepa." The Chamber of Commerce adopted an aggressive policy with respect to the securing of an arti- ficial ice arcna, and lent its ready assistance in formulating and com- pleting the plans for the present splendid arena. While this was built by private enterprise, the in- terest taken in the project by the Chamber of Commerce was of much value to these, promoting it. Police and Fire Protection The nced for adequate fire and police protection was recognized in th. ids program by the following clause: "Co-operate with the municis pal authorities in. providing Oshawa with adequate police and fire protection." Thanks to the steps taken, this clause would not be neccessary in a program drawn up today, because its provisions have already been carried out, Oshawa mow has an efficient and adequate police force, and the record of the fire depart. ment, in winning a Dominion-wide contest for reducing fire losses, speaks for itself, The Chamber of Commerce gave active help and co- operation in organizing the city. wide fir. prevention campaign, Municipal Building The members of the Chamber of Commerce in 1928 realized the ne- cessity of suitable civic buildings, and inserted the following item in their program: "Co-operate with the mun- cipal authorities in purchasing property to provide suitable and adequate buildings for munici- pal offices, municipal court, Police and fire departments," The city has acquired property for this purpose, but by vote of the ratepayers of the city in the fall of 1930, it wag decided not to proceed at present with the project of crect ing municipal buildings, City Zoning and Planning This was dealt with in the 1928 program as follows: "Co-operate, 'with the city planning commission in protect- ing the. future residential and industrial growth of the city." This has been well taken care of by the commission, and the Cham- ber of Commerec has been fortunate in taking part throught its first pre- sident, George W, McLaughlin, who is a member of the commission, and through its activitics in assisting the city in securing industrial sites ad- jacent ta track and harbor facilities, Parks Playgrounds and School Sites The important phases of city de- velopment involved in the above matter were included in the forum program of 1928 as follows: "Study the future needs of the city with respect to school sites, parks and playgrounds." These needs haye been ads equately met and are well taken arc of by the developments of the ast, four years. Water Extension and Sewage Disposal The next paragraph in the forum program reads as follows: "Co-operate with the gity ad- ministration. in developing a definite plan of sewer extension and investigate the possibility of a sewage disposal plant. This study has been made in a very therough way, and a consider- able part of the water and scwage extensions has already been coms pleted. © The sewage disposal plant project has been put under way by the present activity in laying the intake sewer, 'but the main project has been held in abeyance by the city council on account of economic conditions, although there has been considerable investigation and study of the proposal, g Improved Transportation with City The transportation needs of the citizen: were dealt with in the fol- lowing paragraph: "Study the possibilities of using bus service in conjunction with present street car facilities, "hus providing . transportation for parts of the city now in- nccessible," This question has been the sub- ject of very gareful study, and plans for such developments were under way until conditions began to change, Private interests made. ad- vances to the council in the matte, but it was felt that the time was Hot propitious for granting a Wos ranchise, TER 'Advertise Oshawa The importance of. advertising the city, and its attractions was para- mount in the minds of those who sponsored the Chamber of Com- merce in 1928, and they included the following item. in their program: "Cunsider the various avenues of giving publicity to the ad- vantages, resources and manu- factured products of Oshawa." The Chamber of Commerce has always been active in carrying this out, An_aggressive publicity cam- paisn hag been conducted, and has heen carried on from time to time by means of highway signs at the city limits, newspaper and magazine advertising, distribution of blooklets and radio broadcasts, Airport The program of 1928 included the investigation of the pogsibility of an aviation field for Oshawa, An extensive investigation has been made by the Chamber. of Commere, of this project, and ten- tative plans were drawn up, but cond. 'ons have not cofftinued fav. orable for the definite development of these plans, chools The 1928 program urged the dircer t of the Chamber of Commerce to : "Co-operate with the school board in securing the best edu. cational facilitics possible, and investigate the possibility of a vocational school." The Chamber of Commerce was active in the promotion of the technical department of the Col- legiate Institute; and has always a keen interest in all educational de- velopments, Public Health And last in this scction of the program comes the important ques- tion of public health, in the follow- ing paragraph: "Develop a more widespread interest in public health, and study the . possibilities of an isolation hospital." Today, Oshawa has a public health service second to none in the Dominion of Canada, and although it has not yet been possible to establish an isolation hospital, of ficers of the Chamber of Commerce have been very active in the carry ing on of the affairs of the Oshawa General Hospital, To be Continued.) The Town Crier OTE. ~The opinions exprszsed in this wlumn each Saturday must not be con. strued as being those 'of The Oshawa Times, : They are i dent: opinions contributed by The "Crier' himself and wust be interpreted as such, ments By) columm should be addressed to Town Crier," imecare of The Oshaws Daily Times) To quote an ald saying, ¢emphas- izing the point that it refers at this time to nothing in particular--"Fig- ures cannot lie but liars can fig- ure,' . . . The City Council (and the Town Crier feels that this is a very fair and constructive criticism) still seems determined to transact the majority of its business in secrecy and exclude representatives of the press from all committee meetings. Council appears to forget that it hag no business of its own to trans. act, by which the electors transact. their business, and it is the electors' bus- iness which Council transacts--not its own, The clectors have an ab- solute right to know how business is transacted; what leads to such tran. .tions; who among the alder. men favours certain policies and who disfavours those policies, The excuse for not admitting the press to committee meetings is generally given as "because the business is not public before it goes before a regular meeting of Council." All poppycock. Every 'transaction car- ried out in the city's offices is pub- lic business, if it is only putting in a window pane. Every word spok- en by every alderman in committee meeting is public business, signifiy- inv _g it does just where and how the instrument chosen to conduct that business is efficient or other. wise. The Town Crier wonders, if there is any city, or town with over 5,000 on By where a similar condition of affairs exists on the American Continent 3 Whether the Town Crier agrees with the stand of Ald, Thomas Hawkes on the matter of reducing the estimates of the Board of Edu- 12 King E. Phone 1147 Borieless Rolled Prine Rib Roast 21¢c BEEF. Pound OwInE te. a ! ie) error in The Thnes the "above item was quoted at cation when Council met to pass its budget does not matter very: much, On the other hand the author of this column feels that it takes a great. deal of courage for any ald- erman to take such a stand, know- ing full well, that he is hopelessly in the Winemity. Ald, Hawkes knew that it would be difficult, if not im- possible, ay it. proved; to get a sec- onder for his motion before he raise ed his voice in protest against the proposed action, and on this account he megits commendation. Lord Bessborough, - Governor- General of this Dominion, has. in- sisted that his salary be included among those of the Federal civil seryants. when reductions. in pay go intp effect,. The heads of. seme municipalities, apparently, 'feel that Council is only the instrument. } FOR G. A, MORROW {al {Ppesident I Thel 8 YEARS a safe place for savings Established in 1884 the Central Canada has grown until now with Assets of over Eleven Millions of dollars it ranks as one of the oldest and strongest Institutions of its kind in the Dominion. President E. R. WOOD Vice-President The Canadian Bank of Commerce Vice-Presidents H. C. COX Chpirman of the Board The Canada Life Assurance Company Managing Director G. A. MORROW Manager, Oshawa Branch F. J. REDDIN Four per Cent Interest is paid on Deposits subject to withdrawal by cheque Special attention is given Deposits and Withdrawals made by mail. Individuals and Corporations are in- vited to use the facilities of our Savings Department for the profitable accumu- lation of their Savings. Our last Annual Report showing Sur- plus Assets over Liabilities to the Public of $4,850,000.00 will be gladly mailed to you upon request. CENTRAL CA IPAN axp SAVINGS CO Head Office: Corner King and Victoria Streets, Toronto Branch Office: 23 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa A Legal Depository for Trust Funds Assistant Managor A. B. FISHER P. LEIGHTON McCARTHY. K.C, Pregident The Canada Life Assursoce Cowpany ADA they are above such trifling consid- cration. » * LJ The Oshawa Presbytery of the United Church has gone on record as favouring local option for each county under the Ontario Liquor Control Act, Under the. existing Act, so far ag the Town Crier re- callg it, local option can be voted on bv municipalities but not by coun- ties, The proposed amendment would mean that a "dry" rural vote in Ontario County would make a "dry" City of Oshawa, or "wet" as th: case may be, just as' when Ogh- awa votes conservative the elector al riding returns a liberal member ta Parliament. Not very satisfac- tory, . " LJ It is a very curious fact that the Provincial authorities. should choose a most. inoppontune moment, when the engineer. of the Pumping Sta tion lies overcome by gas in the performance of his duties, to take samples of this city's water for an- alysis and examination in the Tor- onto laboratories, Such a thing may not 'happen again for a thousand years, and may be classed as "Osh- awa's Luck." - . The Public Utilities Commission is evidently taking any request or re- solution placed before it by the Property Owners Association in all seriousness, and is resolved to treat this body with the courtesy to which it 1s entitled. Perhaps Com: missioner John Stacey's fine Italian hand may be discerned in this pol- icy of the Commission. / E TOWN CRIER. Care and Eve i Cant Y wk oy C. #. Tuek, Ope. D (Qeppright, 1038) YOUR CHILD AND TH EEYES Part 21 Our visual energy is used up fast, We become tired, but when we give way to this expression, we general- ly mean mentally or Physica ly tired, but it i. also possible for us to be- 'come fatigued because our eyes are tired, Don't misunderstand this. It is a common thing to say our cyes are. tired, but .it is uncommon for us to say that we are either mental- ly «or physically tired: because , our eyes are tirad., Visual energy may become exhausted. Is it not true Strain that the eves use about twenty-five per cent of human energy for nor. mal Add to'this a little of the excessive strain of modern life and what have you? seeing? The complete picture may be sur. mised but it is hard ta measure, It takes only a very small amount of this energy to one object but when you tatal up the innumerable seen voluntarily and then ,add to this the myriad of things mnvolun- tarily viewed or coming mtg our in- direct vision, specdy, moving, flash- ing, glaring, reflected, ever-moving and really our visual! energy is used up last, sec When an examination of the eyes is made' it must be comprehensive and should not be done in a hit and miss manner, Sufficient machinery and equipment should be installed that the simplest or the worst case may be within your reach, The Word of God GREAT POWER FROM GQD: --Behold, 1 give unto you pawer to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy ; and nothing , shall by any means hurt you~Luke 10¢ 19, "Ive got to close out all my stock at auction," complained a Broadway merchant the other day, 'Otherwise I mav be compelled to stay in bus- " Ness, on M going, anyway" Te modern Miss = needs no "time out" for the time of month, If you've ever taken Aspirin for a headache, you know how soon the pain subsides. It is just as effective in the relief of those pains peculiar to women! Don't dedicate sgriain days of every month to suffering. It's%ld- fashioned, It's unnecessary. Aspirin will always enable you to carry-on in comfort. Take enough to ass your complete comfort, If it 1s fiecuite Aspirin it cannot ly urt you, Aspirin tablets do no depress the heart. They do not up- set the stomach, They do nothing but stop the pain. Headaches come at inconvenient times, So, do colds. But a little Aspirin will always save, the day. A throat so sore that you.can hard- ly swallow is made ort with one good gargle made from these tablets, Neuralgia. Neuritis, Rheumatism. Pains that once kept t : 4 3 ple home are forgotten half an our after few these remarkable tablets. So are the little nagging af at, fatigue and "nerves" by day, or a sleepless night. Genuine Aspirin tablets cost so very little after all that it doesn't t periment with pittationst TY to