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hye Oshavon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Wednesday, April 27, 1960 Human Nature Cannot Be Changed A Toronto tlergyman has suggested that vice be made legal in order to reduce crime. We cannot tell whether he was serious or not, or whether he was seeking a sensational way of draw- ing the attention of his audience to the problem of vice. Anyhow, he is quoted as saying that prostitution, gambling and dope sales should be licenced by the government to remove the profit ele- ment and the gangsters who thrive on it -- "take the profit out of vice by making it legal and there won't be racketeers and political pressure," he told an alumni meeting of the School of Economic Science, It's an interesting idea, but scarcely original. Some states in the past have tried to "legalize" vice, not so much to improve the moral tone of their people but to improve the condition of the treasury. They found that the idea has two fundamental weakness: vice by its very nature defies efforts to make it legal, and when the legalization is successful it ceases to be vice, The question whether vice exists be- cause of the profit in it or whether the profit is a byproduct is akin to the old quiz about the chicken and the Buy Canadian' Argumen A strong argument for the "Buy Cana- dian" campaign is put forward by the Financial Times. It is presented thus: That there are still those who look askance at the "Buy Canadian" slogan which has for some years now been propagated by the Canadian Manufac- ter"s Association is something which is not easy to understand except on the basis of misapprehension. It surely does not require any lessons in economics to realize, particularly in the light of Canada's world trade position, that Canadians in every walk of life--con- sumers, distributors and manufacturers ---are helping themselves when they buy Canadian made goods. To the consumer it means a more assured job; which, in turn, means more stable business for the wholesaler and retailer. The benefits to the manufactur- er are, of course, obvious. Why then, has it been necessary for the CMA and its member companies to carry on so in- tensively the "Buy Canadian" cam- paign? What are the reasons for the spread in foreign importations in so many lines into Canada during the past few years? One reason, and 'a good one at 'that, is one of price. Unquestionably there are imports from countries with a lower standard of living than ours with which domestic producer cannot compete. The Canadian consumer hardly could be expected to pay more -- always pro- vided that there is not too great a difference in quality for a Canadian Chances For For Canadian exporters, important new opportunities are now opening in the British market. That is the view expressed in a letter to members of the Dollar Sterling Trade Council by James S. Duncan, the Chair- man, and Chairman of Ontario Hydro. Mr. Duncan said these new opportu- nities were brought about by the fact that Britain's removal of trade restric- tions on dollar imports in recent months came at a time when the UK. was entering a period of rising labour costs and the general expansion in purchasing power, The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher end Generel Menoger €. GWYN Kaur, Editor The Oshawa a ory Oshawe Times (established Se71) ang Gozette ond Chronicle oi Sablisied 1863), is oy daily (Sundays end statutory halidays excepted). of C Dolly Publishers Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation end the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation, Tet Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news ched in Ry paper ¢ credited to it or to The Associoted and also the local news published Taree? AiG rights of soecial despatches are also eo Thomson Building, 425 University Avenus Toronto, Ontario; S40 Catan Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox picketing, Sawmills, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay. nit PRS ie Grow "Tyrone. Dunborton, Rurketon, Cote Fol Fairport Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchaier C ort Ha and Newcastle Coorg, rr ook. By mail (in province of Sntarier ori delivery ereas 12.00: elsewhere 15.00 per veor. Average Daily Net Paid as of March 31, 1960 16,857 Enniskillen, Claremont By A Law egg But Biblical reference and human history tell us that vice derives from the cussedness and weakness of human nature; the lesson seems to be that there would be vice whether there was a profit in it or not. Apart from moral considerations, however, there are some serious obstac- les to state control of such diversions as gambling and prostitution, the most serious being that the state exists by and for fairly honest people. It can pass laws and enforce them only as long as people are willing to obey them. It can collect taxes, for example, only because most people are willing to pay them -- reluctantly, perhaps, but still obediently. But those who live by prostitution and dope peddling and similar unsavory activities are law-breakers, and full of devious ways of circumventing the laws. It takes more than the passage of a law to change them. We do not claim that they cannot be changed; far from it; but it takes more than a few clauses in the Criminal Code to bring about that change. Moreover, there will be people to pander to vice as Jong 2 as there are people inclined to vice. problem, then, is not one of profit -- a byproduct -- but of human weakness. made article than for one which is im- ported. But prices and quality are not always, by any means, compared by the purchaser. In. many cases, where purchases of a specific article have been made over a period of years from the same source, they have continued to be bought from that source as a matter of habit. This applies to many manu- facturers as well as to distributors and consumers. Discussing the "Buy Canadian" slogan recently in an address to the Rotary Club of Quebec, J. C. Whitelaw, gen- eral manager of the Canadian Manu- facturer' Association, said: "You will observe that I have in no way tried to suggest that Canadian manufacturers have a divine right to your business purely and simply because they are Canadian. I say no more than that as Canadians, we do have an obliga- tion to give fellow-Canadian the oppor- tunity to quote and generally to match the prices of their foreign competitors. I have not sought to evade this price issue or gloss over it lightly. "Indeed, I recognize that, if 'Buy Canadian' is to have any real meaning, we have to meet the competition in price every bit as much as in quality, service and delivery. Let us not be de- featist about our ability to do it." Here we have a reasonable argument in support of the "Buy Canadian" cam- paign. It is one which should be kept always in mind by purchasers, large and small, in this country. Exports Mr. Duncan pointed out in his letter that "With Britain, and much of West- ern Europe, now entering a period when labour costs and the general purchasing power are beginning to rise quite rapidly, there is an expanding and as yet largely untapped market for many of the house- hold appliances, labour saving devices and other consumer goods of a luxury and semi-luxury nature, which until now have been widely owned only in North America." "An indication of the opportunities which exist in the UK. consumer dur- able market" Mr. Duncan declared, "is the fact that in 1959 only 35% of the households in the UK. had washing machines compared with 86% in Can- ada. In the case of refrigerators the dif- ference was even more pronounced -- 15% in the UK compared with 89% in Canada." "Furthermore," he stated, "expendi- tures on consumer durables, have in the past few years, been rising much faster in the UK. than in Canada. The expen- ditures on durable goods as a percentage of total expenditures on consumer goods in Canada have remained almost sta- tionary between 1950 and 1958, while in the UK. they have risen by more than 50%. In the same period total expenditures on consumer durables in- ereased by 138% in the UK. compared with only 72% in Canada. Mr. Duncan expressed the view that the changes which have taken place in the UK. and Western Europe during the past few years amount to nothing less than a mew industrial revolution. OTTAWA REPORT t Big Coinage Swindle Suddenly Remedied By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA hoo-haa going on in our national capital, all because some people have been illegally circulating false coins here. The coins are not slugs or plug nickels; some of the lawbreakers are not or- ganized into gangs like crooks, while others do not realize that they are breaking any law. Nevertheless, many people here have been passing a great number of metal tokens which are not coins of legal tender in Canada, and are not worth the sum for which they are passed. These are coins of a foreign country, which unhappily look very much like our own coins, and even bear similar names such as "nickel" and "dime" and "quarter". Over the years, column has many times protested against the fact that such "tres- passers" find their way into our loose change, and are illegally treated as currency of our realm. WHAT'S IN A NAME? It is unfortunate that in a stupid moment of lack of confi- dence we abandoned the frying pan of "pounds, shillings and pence" and jumped into the fire of "dollars and cents." These names always create trouble in our touristic affairs between our country and the United States, except on those rare occasions when our coinage is rated at par- ity with their similarly named coins. Nobody is ever happy when a discount is in effect, But if we still called our coins pounds and shillings and pennies of course modified to a deci- mal system, I would hope--or even if we called them Beavers and Maples and Wampums, and used paper money designed fo appear different from U.S. dollarr bills, our American visitors would as naturally and as happily change their money at the bor- PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "In Tanganyika, a woman tried to commit suicide by trying to get a wild lion to eat her, but the lion wouldn't co-operate." -- News item. Perhaps she failed first to serve the lion an appeti- 2er. this "U. 8. Sec'y of Defense Gates says war potential should be based on what Russia will prob- ably do militarily, rather than on what she can do." --Press Re- port. It would he much safer to assume that she will probably do as much as she can. U.S. Defence Secretary Gates says until the U.S. begins to catch up with Russia in 1962, she will have "moderately more" missiles than the U.S News item. But "moderately more" may he unsafe. For example many a person has drowned in water that was only "moderate- iy" deeper than he was tall. Some people are so easy-going they don't complain about any errors which affect them. For ex- ample, when a voung man was assigned to a girls' dormitory, as a freshman at Stanford Univer- sity, he made no protest what- soever. "An engineer predicts the widespread use of rubber pave- ments in the near future." The motorist will be. considered un- sportsmanlike who hits a pedes- trian on the bounce. Overheard: 'She's a one-man woman -- one at a time." When the meek inherit the carth, the unmeek will have made such a mess of it that it may not be worth inheriting We have no intention of read. ing the book, '"'What Life Will Be Like Ten Years From Now" We are too busy wondering what it will be like the month after next, -- There is quite a' der, as they do when entering any other foreign country. Then our touristic and indeed our for- eign trade woes would be at an end. The big coinage swindle in Of- tawa and other cities was de- liberately expanded beyond the chance passing of a tourist's coin. Trucking sackfuls of U.S. coins across the border, and passing them in Canada, was de. veloped into a business by the petty four-per-cent chisellers. It grew to such an extent that one bank here estimated that four coins in every 10 circulating in Ottawa was a foreigner of illegal entry, Many Canadians uncom- plainingly accepted this debased currency, thus allowing them- selves to be cheated by four per cent. Then suddenly the banks de- termined to observe the law, and charge the rightful discount on U.S. currency. At any bank, U.S. bills have long been discounted at the current rate, mow about four per cent; for the first time, coins were discounted also, at the higher rate of six per cent. In stores now, an extra cent is charged on a dime; two cents on a quarter; four cents on a half- dollar, if U.S. coinage is pre- sented in payment. GONE LIKE THE SNOWS Turning the heat on has melted away the phoney coins as quickly as the sudden warm air has made our lingering snow disap- pear. Have you been liable to a sen- tence of two years' imprison. ment? The Criminal Code pro- vides this as the penalty for any- one using a coin or a facsimile of a coin which is not current with intent to defraud. But this is what has been done by these passers of U.S. coinage. 1 have not heard of a single prosecution under this section of our Criminal Code although this fraudulent conduct has been widespread. I think our police are wonder- ful; especially those big hand- some boys in their red tunics who give so much pleasure to tour- ists with cameras. But as they are "hired to enforce the law, A orchestra, directed by L. Richer, ' were honored by bei = to play in the Provincial Second- 25 YEARS AGO Five members of the OCVI chosen ary Schools Orchestra at Toronto. The boys selected were: John Robertson, violinist, Kelvin James, pianist, Edouard Bart. lett, violinist, M. Kupnicki, violin- ist and Henry Richer, bass viola. Ald. Thomas Hawkes died at his home on Mary St. He had been active in civic affairs for nearly 30 years. W. H. Moore, MP, was guest speaker at the banquet held for the Oshawa Cricket Club. Mayor W. E. N. Einclair presented the team's captain, T. Eccles, with the Eastmure Trophy, which his team had won in the Toronto and District Cricket Council matches. Rev. W. R. Tanton received 50 new members into the fellow- ship of Simcoe 8t, United Church, L. V. Disney was elected chair- man of the Oshawa Welfare Board and Ald. 5. R. Alger was elected secretary. Wor. Bro. George J. Scott was honored at Cedar Lodge, AF and AM, on the launching of his 65th year as a Mason. He was Master of Cedar Lodge for three years, 1877-89. The newly Appoitied Welfare Board the food depot oh to he fe the voucher system for those on re- lef. Oshawa cyclists were warned that action would be taken a- gainst anyone operating bicycles without necessary lights. The Anglo-Canadian Drug Co. which had taken possession of the building formerly occupied by the Welfare Board on Simcoe St. S. was opened for business. Jack Bates, Peg Mackie, Andy Dobson, Lloyd Magill and Man- ning Swartz captured the Bruns- wick Balke Co. Trophy and the Canadian Bowiing championship at five pins when their score for one game totalled 3838, there is one infraction 1 would i'ke to see our police act against: the illegal possession of lethal weapons, so that "won't-works' who seek easy money from a bank will not be able to mas- sacre innocent bystanders. FOR BETTER HEALTH Period Of Menopause Needn't Be HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. MIDDLE age can be and very often is happy and serene for women as well as for men, It need not be marred by fear and worry about the menopause Since nervous tension about this perfectly natural develop- ment may tend to increase some of the disturbing symptoms, it might help to dispel some of your apprehension if 1 explain a little about the menopause. What It Means. To put it simply, pause means cessation of the menstrual flow. It means the child-bearing period of your life is over, although there have been rare cases of pregnancy after an apparent menopause. It does not mean that there is any decline in sexual desire if you had a normal sexual response in earlier years. In most women, the menopause usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 50, although some women start it as early as 35 or as late as 55. The average age at which it begins is 44% Many Factors Heredity, the stale of your health and many other factors in- fluence the time of the meno. pause pags you grow older, the hor- mone production by the ovaries and other glands decreases. This process is closely related to the functions of ether glands such the meno- Difficult as the thyroid, the pituitary, the adrenal glands and the pancreas. If only one cog in this glandular machinery goes wrong, it might result in emotional disturbances. Long Duration In some instances, emotional disturbances can he spread over a period of as iong as ten years. The hormonal changes may be accompanied by "hot flushes", irritability, depression, changes in circulation and often insomnia. Then, again, they may not. Even if such symptoms do occur, doctors can do much to alleviate them by helping main. tain a proper balance among the hormones that nature is with- drawing. Needn't Worry The years of the menopause can be happy and gay ones. There is no need to worry about them. Trying to oppose nature only helps to upset your nervous system I'll give you some suggestions on how to remain happy and serene during the menopause in a future column. QUESTION AND ANSWER E. P.: Is there more than one lype of peptic ulcer ? Answer: There are two types of such ulcers -- those present in the stomach itself, known as gastic ulcers, and those present in the duodenum or first part of the intestine as it joins the stomach, known as duodenal ulcers. REPORT FROM U.K. Government Against Rid To 'Well-Off' By M, McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng) For The Oshawa Times LONDON--The British govern. ment has set its face je similar house is "only 16 shillings Under the British housing scheme, municipal councils have and rates. Since this scheme was inaugurated, however there has been a very considerable im- provement in the wages and the general economic conditions of the workers. It has heen found that tens of thousands of people who could well afford to pay the full rent, or even to buy homes of their own, were living in sub. sidized council houses and taking of an mical adv low rent. GOVERNMENT'S VIEW Tt has been left to Sir Keith Joseoh, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Housing, to express the government's view that the better-off tenants of council houses should pay higher rents. The extra money received would enable councils to build more houses for those in urgent need of better homes. "Full rent should be the law", said Sir Joseph. "Why should householders retain automatically and regardless of need, a privil- eged low rent at the exvense of the rest of the community? Why should the taxpayer and ratepay- er provide more subsidies to en. able low rents to be maintain. ed?" Sir Joseph reproved two-thirds of Britain's local authorities who do not operate differential rents 1 sceorda accordanee with the means of Eres "with above-average earnings", he said, "should join self-help housing associations or horrow from local authorities. They can fend for themselves. It ie those below average in earn- ings who need most help." UNECONOMICAL RATES Examples of the ridiculously low uneconomical rents allowed in some localities can readily be In 1959, the Oshawa General Hospital operated at 22 per cent above the "danger point" which medical experts have set as the maximum capacity to allow the hospital to function at peak effi- ciency. 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