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| PAGE FOUR . The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY PEFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every after. noun except Sundays and legal holidays at Osh; awa, Canada, by The Times Publishing Cow- pany of Osbawa, Limited. Chas, M. Mundy, President, A. R. Alloway, Managing Director, The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Canadian Press, the Capadian Daily News- paper Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies aud the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa and suburbs, 12¢ 2 week. By mai) in Oanada (outside Osh- awa carrier delivery limitsy $3.00 a year. United States $4.00 a year, TORONTO. OFFICE 18 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Tele- phone Adelaide 0107. H. D, Tresidder, repre- sentative. TUESDAY, APRIL 12th, 1932, No Time for Haggling 3 Speaking at the annual Vimy Banquet of the Canadian Legion in Oshawa last night, W-.H. Moore, M.P., made an inter- esting reference to. the coming Imperial Economic Conference. In this conference, he said, lay the great hope of bringing back prosperity to all Canadian people. He saw in it a determined effort on the part of the British nations to solidify the Empire into one great economic unit, which would do much to create better conditions. He went on, however, to issue a note of warning. The conference, he said, must not be approached in a spirit of haggling or bargaining. That way lay failure. It was necessary that all those taking part be imbued with the idea of giving and taking for the common good of all, and he hoped that this spirit would prevail. This was timely counsel, Everywhere in the Empire, eyes that have been darkened by the shadow of hard times are looking to the coming gathering at Ottawa to lift the clouds and let the sun shine through. It would be a disastrous thing if the whole effort should go for naught because of an attitude of haggling on the part of any one of the Dominions involved. We are hopeful that the men who come to Ottawa for the conference, along with Canada's representatives, will be suffi- ciently seized with the importance of the occasion, and with its significance from the standpoint of Empire prosperity, to ap- proach it with a determination that it shall succeed. All the nations of the Empire know what is involved. And we do not believe that any of these nations would risk losing the benefits of an entire agree- ment by bargaining too openly over the terms of that agreement, Taxing Sunday Papers The suggestion has been made that, in order® to raise additional federal revenue, Prime Minister Bennett should impose a tax on United States Sunday papers com- ing into this country. The authority 'to impose such a tariff is already vested in the Governor-in-Council by the last paragraph of Section 184D of the Canadian Customs Tariff. Premier Bennett has simply to make use of the power granted him at the last session of the Dominion Parliament. During the war many United States Sunday papers were banned from Canada, but now they are admitted duty free, while such high-class publications as the Literary Digest, the Atlantic Monthly and others are taxed upon entry into this country, A correspondent writing in the Mail & Empire, Toronto, recently estimated that United States Sunday newspapers from Boston to Seattle and intermediate metro- politan centres sell more than 300,000 copies a week in Canada. William dolph Hearst's Chicago Herald and Exam- iner had a circulation in Canada in 1929 of * + 123,552 copies a week. This same corres- pondent estimates that if Mr. Bennett were to put a tariff of 5c. a copy on United States Sunday papers he might affect the sale by 25%, but that nevertheless there would be 225,000 Sunday papers coming into Canada each weekend. The tax would realize $11,250 a week or $685,000 a year. Not only would this tax raise more than half a million dollars in revenue, but it would exclude some undesirable publica- tions and help in building up Canadian weekend publications, From Buggies to Buicks 'C. E. McTavish, whose appointment as general sales manager for General Motors Products of Canada is announced, "has been in transportation all his life." His father built carriages in Flesherton, Grey county, years ago, and his first contact with the automobile industry was during work with the Conboy Carriage Company, when that firm built many of the first bodies 'for McLaughlin-Buicks on the in- troduction of that 'car in Canada. It was during a connection with Cockshutt Plow ~ in Regina in 1916 that Mr. McTavish made _ his change to the motorcar field as west- ern sales manager for Chevrolet, The incident serves to recall that the 'McLaughlin car business was originally handled by dealers who for years had been agents for the firm's horse-drawn vehicles. Some people may remember calendars of * the McLaughlin Company in which the lat- Ran- est style 'buggy occupied the foreground of the illustration, with a specimen of the new gas-buggies to one side, For a time after ax. manufacture was begun by the firm, the buggy business, if we recall aright, continued to be the more import- ant. But development of motorcar demand changed all that, and efforts were soon directed to turning out an automobile with a reputation at least equal to that of the McLaughlin buggy. And now, with a former carriage man as head of the sales department, General Manager Brown an- nounces that "our sales and distribution organization is in veteran hands." There is one big difference between car merchandising and selling buggies. Trade- ins are an important feature nowadays, but one does not recall that buggy owners used to expect to turn in the old model when buying a new one, If not worn out, it was left in the drive-shed for emergen- cies, or let go for a few dollars at the first auction. Few automobile owners, however, exhaust the usefulness of a car before entertaining ambitions for one with all the modern improvements, and they expect to realize something on the potential mile- age of the old bus. The carriage dealer was spared one big problem that confronts his successor.-- Woodstock Sentinel-Review. Editorial Notes The worst evidence of the evils of stand- ardization, of course, are revealed in the plots of film stories.--Toronto Saturday Night. Hon. G. Howard Ferguson seems to have a difficult time to make a protracted stay in the land of afternoon teas.--Kitchener Record. Well, it seems clear enough that the Cul- bertson system will win if you get the cards and can outplay your opponents.-- Publishers Syndicate. Only a few short years ago two-thirds of the population was wondering how to pronounce the word 'garage'. -- Royal Arcanum Bulletin. "What do you do with your old suit?" asks a woman novelist. Take it off at night and put it on again in the morning. --The Humorist (London). Why has nobody thought of putting a tax of 1 or 2 per cent on the tax bills ?-- Louisville Courier Journal. BITS OF HUMOR He: "You didn't condescend to notice me last night, and 1 saw you twice" : She (aloof): "I never notice people in that con- dition." The street orator had expounded his views to an indulgent audience for over 'half an hour, when he wound up dramatically: "Lides 'n' gen-lemen--an that's the ole kettle o' fish: in a nutshell." Other countries aren't likely to start another world war while it is so evident that America hasn't got the money to pay for it.--"Judge." "I'd like to go to a funeral this afternoon, sir,' said the office boy, who was under notice. "Oh, you would, would vou," the chiet hcartlessly replied. "Well, you won't" "No, sir. I know I won't," the boy murmured resignedly. "But I would like to all the same." Something tragic and appealing in the youthful voice led the chief to ask: "Whose funeral?" "Yours, sir," said the boy. The Girl: "Oh, I really couldn't dance with you. Why, I don't know you." . The Young Man: "Then will you sit out with me till you do?" "If you love work. why don't you find it?" Tramp (sadly); "Alas! madam, love is blind." Ada, the young and pretty typist, took her seat at her desk and sighed discontentedly. "Hallo!" murmured her fellow-worker. "Had a tiff with your boy friend?" "Yes. Aren't lovers fickle?" not going to see Jim again." "What happened?" asked the other, catch him with another gil?" "No," replied Ada sadly; "he caught me with another fellow." » returned Ada. "I'm "Did you Mr. Henpeck ordered his meal and waited pa- tiently tor it to be served. Half-way through the second course the waiter came up quietly to his table, i "Excuse me, sir," he whispered, "but I would ad- vise you not to hurry with your meal." Henpeck gulped back a cry of surprise. "Good gracious!" he exclaimed. "Why ever shouldn't 17" "Well, sir," said the waiter, looking nervously round, "you are sitting on a prize-fighter's hat, but he doesn't know it yet." ~The young office-boy thought he would have a joke on the hall-porter, "I say, Jiggs," he said. "I saw five women stand- ing under an umbrella down the road and not one of them got wet." "H'm!" said the surprised and unsuspecting por- ter, "That must have been a very big brolly." "Not at all." said the cheery youngster. "It wasn't raining." BITS OF VERSE i NZe URE Nature has no mathematics Such as banks and merchants use. She cannot make her unshod feet Walk a straight line in shoes. She seldom is quite accurate Nor often punctual, She keeps on hand no pecks and pints To measure large and small, Nor tecipes for turninz Plum blossoms into plums. The spring is never quite on time. And yet it always comes. --Marjoric Greenbie in Poetry World, * To relieve Senator Rice W. Means of some of hig duties as president of the National Tri- tune Corporation in order that he might have more time to de- vote to legislative activities in behalf of veterans and their de- vendents, Edward K, Inman has been elected a vice-president of the corporation, The life of Inman is most In- teresting. Graduated from Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. in 1917, Inman entered the service of the United States on Mey 14, 1917, and was assign- ed to the Third Provisional Training Regiment, Madison Barracks, N.Y, He was appoint- ed first lieutenant of infantry on August 15, 1917 and served with the American Expeditionary Forces from May 20, 1918 to De- cember 30, 1918, While on duty with Co, M,, 309th Inf, he was severely wounded in action Aug- ust 9, 1918, at Baflleul-aux-Cor- nailles, France. He was honor- ably discharged February 27, 1920. For eight years, Lieut, Inman was attached to the legislative branch of the Government at the Capitol in Washington and there became schooled in the perplex- it'es of law making. His large acquaintance among Members of Congress has made him a valuable adjunct to the legislative bodies of veterans' organizations. INMAN IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE DISABLED AMERICAN VET. 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B (Copyright, 1938) THE DARK AGES OF OPTICS PART 12 To hig neighbors in the 17th century Von Leeuwenhoek was cither a genfus or a madman, they could not tell which, He spent much of his time in addi- tion to his lens grinding in col- lecting microscopes, having in his possession about 300, some he made himself, Always he wanted to see finer particles, He gloried in the see- ing of the tiny microbes of na- ture, If a microscope was not fine enough he made another, He was the first man to see blood corpuscles circulating in a frog's foot, a tadpole's tail, If he examined a flea living on a dog, he must look for an animal speck living on the flea. So perfect his lenses had to be, but he died blind and he had no consideration for vision or the vi- glor of others and so for 200 years after his death wearers of gpectacles had to be content with cptical glasses of poor optical quality, Many people required optical assistance but he was too busy with his microscopes, a Microbe Hunter. (To be continued) OSHAWA'S VIMY DINNER PROVED BRILLIANT EVENT (Continued from page 1) tween representatives of the Legion and other veteran bodies and the minister of pensions and national health, along with other members of the cabinet. Such a conference, we believe, would result in an entirely satisfactory solution being evolved. The requests which have been made are moderate, sound and reasonable, and are aimed at removing the grave causes which exist for dis- satisfaction with the administration of the pension act Reasonable Requests "The Legion hag no desire to em- barrass the government," continued the speaker. "We realize that it is facing difficult times. For that rea- son we have refused to make any requests which. would add™in any material way to the burdens being placed upon the nation as a whole, But we do believe that the people of Canada are desirous of having tlie pensions situation dealt with in a fair ang generous spirit, and that any action taken by parliament to- wards this end will be received with approval by the country as a whole. Proposals Unchanged "The proposals of the Legion," continged Mr. Hood, "have been in the hands of the government since January 11. We are not changing these proposals in any particular, We are simply asking that we be given the opportunity of discussing them with a properly constituted parliamentary committee, or, failing that, with representatives of the Dominion cabinet, in order that we may assist the government in deal- ing in an adequate manner with a situation which is giving the veter- ins of Canada, gnd particularly of the province of Ontario, grave cause for concern," The demands of the Legion for a hearing, said the speaker, had been made only after a full discussion of the whole situation by provincial officers of the Legion in Ontario, and with the full support of the provincial president, Lt.-Col. F, J. Picking, on account of widespread complaints which had been received, and after a complete study of the statistics of the situation, Toast to the City W. E. N. Sinclair, in a brief speech, proposed the toast to the City of Oshawa. The city, he said; was not now on the same flourish- ing condition as it was three or four years ago, but he believed that it still had a great future ahead of it, and that with co-operation and de- termination, the people of Oshawa would he able to overcome their dif- ficulties. Mayor P. A. Macdonald, in responding to the toast, stressed the same thought, and made a plea for faith and courage. He also ex- pressed the thanks of the mayor and council to the Canadian Legion for its wonderful assistance in tak- ing care of veterans in need, and for its work in securing pensions for those who would otherwise have been a charge on the city. Dr. T. E. Kaiser Dr. T, E. Kaiser, in proposing the toast to our country and Empire, made a plea for a return to the old ideas of what the British Empire meant, and deplored the attitude of De Valera in seeking to abolish the oath of allegiance to the British crown, Referring to Vimy Ridge, Dr. Kaiser said that part of the credit should go to those who, at home, gave such splendid support to the boys at the front, and he referred particularly to the Patriotic Fund and Red Cross organizations in Oshawa, mentioning W. E. N. Sinclair, Mrs. F, W. Cowan, T. B. Mitchell, and others who had con- tributed largely to this work. ; . 'H. Moore, M.P. W. H. Moore, M.P,, replied to the toast, and, in opening, expressed his entire sympathy with the toast- master's plea for consideration of the Legion's pensions proposals, The government was facing a difficult situation, he said, but he felt that the people of Canada wished to have justice done to the disabled. Touching further on the present conditions, Mr. Moore said it was little 'use being the world's bread basket when our own people could not buy bread. Mr. Moore looked with hope to the Imperial Confer- ence, and said he hoped it would not be approached in a spirit of haggling and bargaining. He also made a plea for steps to secure af better distribution of wealth, and for a return to a recognition of true human values. T. B. Mitchell The toast to the Canadian Legion was proposed by T. B, Mitchell, honorary president of the branch, who, after recalling how the return- ing veterans were received when they came back from the front, ex- pressed the hope that a civic organ- ization would be put into operation to ensure that the Legion would soon have its own home on Centre Street. Rev. Canon Hedley Rev. Canon Hedley was given a splendid ovation, and delivered an inspiring address on the battle. of Vimy Ridge and its lessons. Much of it was reminiscent in character, and consisted of incidents showing the fine spirit which animated the troops who took part in that battle. The Canadian Legion, he said, was forgin~ ahead, and was doing a splendid work in perpetuating the spirit of the front line, which had been so splendid overseas, and which was in danger of being lost. The present depression, he said, was teaching a lesson in the need of ca- operation and lending a helping hand to each other, Speaking of the pensions problem Canon Hedley said he was sure that the people of Canada wished that pensions be given to those men en- titled to receive them, In Christie Street Hospital, he had seen scores of 'men suffering deeply, some tra- gic cases, for whom the war had not yet ended. It made one's blood boil sometimes to realize how help- less one was to be of help to these men in their pension difficulties, The speaker made a strong plea for that same courage and sporting instinct which meant so much at Vimy to become uppermost as char- acteristics of the Canadian people today. Other Speakers The toast to the Oshawa Branch was proposed by Lt.-Col. R, B. Smith, who expressed appreciation of what the branch was doing for veterans who needed help, and was responded to by*Lt.-Col, B. J. Mc- Cormick. A. J. Tierney proposed the toast to the visitors, and the response was made by Dr. S, J. Phillips, president of the Rotary Club. R. N. Stockill, second vice-presi- dent of the branch, made an excel- lent speech in proposing the toast to the ladies, and Mrs. H. Foote, president of the Ladies' Auxiliary, who was presented with a beautiful bouquet of roses, made a fitting re- sponse, In closing the program, the toast- master made a plea for stronger support and greater unity in the heavy tasks which faced the Cana: dian Legion at this time ---------------- KIWANIS SPEAKER GIVES ADDRESS ON RAILWAY PROBLEN (Continued from page 1) tion of traffic lost by the railways to the motor bus had been relatively nezligible, the remaining twenty-five per cent of the cost being attribu- table almost entirely to the general depression and the resulting cur- tailment of rail passenger services. In the freight field, he continued, which field contributed seventy per cent, of the total steam road earn- ings, traffic losses had heen due primarily to the general decline in business, with the motor truck a relatively minor factor. The motor truck had made serious inroads intd rail handlings of less:than-carload lot freight but as this type of traffic constituted not more than four per cent, of total rail freight traffic, it was obviously futile to blame rail- way freight troubles on highway competition. "What all transportation interests will have to recognize," continued the speaker, "is that no permanent solution of our transportation dif- ficulties will be possible until the two agencies--rail transport and highway transport--are adjusted the one to the other on the basis of their relative economic efficiency." Any attempt to retain rail services in a field where such service could be performed more efficiently by the motor vehicle in the long run would react against the railways, Similar ly, any intrusion of the motor veh- icle into a field where it could not demonstrate its economic efficiency would prove injurious not only to the railways but injurious to the pheratore of motor vehicles general- y. Co-Ordination Coming : In the speaker's opinion it was inevitable that in the long run there would be developed a definitely planned scheme of co-ordination between highway and rail transport. In some instances, steam branch lines would be abandoned, as had already happened with electric lines, and motor services both freight and passenger would be substituted, In their own. interests the railways should recognize the wisdom of such a change and operate the motor vehicle services themselves. Where conditions were different, it might prove more economical to transfer the highway vehicle to the steam lines and operate motor buses on rails, Up to the present, continued the speaker, the Canadian railways had been slow to recognize the necessity A for such adjustments. "Factors ex- ternal to the railways do not ex- plain all our railway troubles. In adjusting themselves to motor veh- icle competition the railways have been handicapped by a lack of mo- bility--a lack not only of physical mobility but of mental mobility." One result of this has been the fact that the railways have been spending enormous amounts of money in what they thought were efforts to compete with the motor vehicle when in reality they were competing only against one anoth- er" Need to Know Costs On the other hand, added the speaker, motor vehicle interests had been slow to recognize the implica- tions of the basic factors affecting the operations of motor vehicles. Spurred on by public demand, gov- ernments during the past twelve years had gone on building high- ways at an enormously rapid rate, These highways had to be paid for whether they were economically justified or not and it was only natural that when the time came for settlement governments should seek to place as much of the burden as possible on the motor vehicle, The result was increased motor vehicle taxation and argument as to wheth- er or not such taxation was econ- omically justifiable, One trouble at the moment was that no man could say with cer- tainty just how much had been spent on highways, "Our statistics of highways costs, speaking in terms of the Dominion at large, are de- plorably incomplete, We should expenditures intelligently and adjust our taxation accordingly." The speaker also stressed the need for adequate regulation of rates charges by common carrier trucks. "Highway freight rates should be controlled by a govern- mental: authority just as rail rates are controlled. Such regulation would not only ensure fair treat- ment of the railways but be hene- ficial to the highway freight opera- tors themselves who can never hope to put their business on a stable basis until rates are intelligently controlled." STEWIACKE HEN LAYS DOUBLE EGG Stewlacke, N.8, -- A "double egg" was found recently among other eggs In the hennery of A. D. Fulton, Riverside Avenue, Ftewiacke. It was large. Under the outside shell was the white of an egg; then another egg, ghell, yoke and white, making two eggs in first of all find out how much we | have spent, then plan our future | Board of Directors ------ E. R. WOOD President G. A. MORROW Vice-President und Managing Director Hereert C, Cox Leicaron McCarthy, K.C. Vice-Presidents ------ E. T. Marong, K.C. W. S. Hobcens W. G. Morrow A. B. Fisuer A. 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