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PAGE 4 cm for 13 malt-bl, I.“ Wmâ€"memuwmcow;by mmmaoopermnommw. mwunmlbwnfl-WM mmmmunvmm than with the Truthâ€"WATSON. DIRECT RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYED The die has been cast. Premier Henry has either, but public opinion is hard to combat and the direct relief programme of the Domin- ion and Provincial Governments can be traced to the organized opposition against the build- ing of roads, the extension of public works, and similar methods of supplying work for the un- ployed when we say this scheme will not be ac- ceptable to them. They want work, not char- ity; they want a job whereby they can support their families, not “food, fuel and shelter” doled out to them by a committee to which they must appeal and prove up that they are in such dire straits as to need the loaf of bread, the soup bone, and their allowance of other necessi- ties. While the Chronicle states emphatically that it speaks for the great majority of Can- ada’s workmen, we know full well there are also a number of the other class who would much rather do anything than work, but these have always been with us. As we see it the difference between direct relief and the system employed so far, is the difierence between the taxpayers paying for the purchase of food for those in need, and going ahead with public works such as the building of roads, and paying wages for the labor. It is the difference between paying for food, fuel and clothing and receiving nothing in return and supplying employment and receiving in re- turn better highways or other improvements under the now discarded unemployment relief system. From the agitation all over the country the Government has no other course than direct relief. The ratepayers have voiced their dis- approval of paying for additional highways. These same ratepayers will be the first to crit- icize if the unemployed of the country and their families are allowed to go hungry. The question is one of supplying employment or sup- plying food. In announcing the new policy the Governments, both Dominion and Provincial, have but acceded to the public demand, and in this instance, we believe the public demand is Iwn addition to being a direct burden on the taxpayers from which they will receive no bene- fit, the direct relief system will destroy the morale of the unemployed. Men who have all their lives taken a pride in their independence and their ability to support their families may lose their initiative and develop the idea that it matters little how one lives, charity or other- wise, so long as one gets a living. We hope we are wrong, but we can see nothing but disaster in any wholesale direct relic! proposition. In his statement to the Can- adian Club at Hamilton on Friday of last week, Premier Henry said: “It may seem like a step backward when we spend money without get- ting anything in the nature of an asset, but we have reached the stage where we must curtail expenditure. We will provide sustenance instead of Moment, although the latter scheme is preferable. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE The joker in the new policy is plain to all who care to look for it. The Gvernment is to curtail sll expenditures wherever possible. This will he the good thing the people were looking f or. Committees of representative citizens are to be appointed in each community to deal with the direct relief problems of their community. These committees will recommend the dispensa- tion of direct relief. These committees will qmdellthemoney,whichtheGovermnents will pay. But who will reimburse the Govern- ments? The people, of course, because Govern- mummthmxuaptthatwhichthcycol- hethomthopooploinm Undo than citiuu' committees, the ex- Mfunlidwmboentirdynnderthe MdhdtbuHthilluthcirdutyto Mmmmummmrm. Thursday, May 12. 1932 pubiic works extensions in times of unemploy- ment rather than direct relief for the reason that one costs about the same as the other, and the municipalities get something for the money expended. We have always tried to keep away from fault-finding and criticism in which we, had no constructive ideas, and with this in mind we intend (and hope others will do the 'same) , to give the direct relief program a fair and square trial. We have yet, however, to meet a workman who favored direct relief, once it was explained to him. ,It seems the inherent prin- ciple of the majority of Canada’s laboring men that they would much rather have employment and, giving them this, they can look after their families themselves. . The adoption of direct relief by the gov- ernments, too, may have a bad effect on citi- zens and firms who have for the past several months kept running or furnished work to an. employed. In a good many cases this has been work that has not paid, or which could very well have been done without in these lean years. If direct relief is to be furnished unemployed by the government, is it not possible the busi- ness firms of the country will reduce their There is little doubt the organized agita- tion against the government furnishing em- ployment to the unemployed has resulted in the adoption of direct relief, but whether this new system will be any cheaper, better or more sat- isfactory, time alone will tell. In the meantime, let us give it a fair chance. stafl's, and a good many citizens decide against some of the not really needed work they are now doing ? THE HONOLULU FIASCO The trial of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, and two United States naval men for the killing of a native Hawaiian who took part in a criminal assault on Mrs. Massie, is ended, and the four Americans go free. It is but right and just that this be so, but} the manner in which the verdict was reached will scarcely make for respect of the law. They were sentenced to ten years in Oahu peniten- tiary, which was finally reduced to one hour’s confinement in charge of the sheriff. The fun- ny part of the verdict is that the defendants were told of what was to happen before they appeared before the judge for sentence. There can be no fault found with the final verdict, but we believe it would have been a better way to have sentenced the defendants, had them re- moved to the penitentiary, and then pardoned in the regular manner. This would have accomp- :lished the same end. As it stands, it looks like a cooked-up verdict, and these kind of things are not good for future law and order amongst a people composed largely of natives. Outside of the actual court records of thei case, as told by Walter J. Adams of the Hono- lulu Advertiser, we have read little of the dis- patches in the Canadian press from that city. From these we would gather there are two sides to the story. We have also talked with Al- bert Vierra of the Vierra Hawaiians, a native Hawaiian. There is more to the case than ap- pears on the surface. No sane person can con- done the attack made on Mrs. Massie, but one must remember before passing judgment, that Americans themselves have not been altogether guiltless in their treatment of the women of these islands. The writer has known a good many so- called “savages.” In all our acqaintance with them, their crimes against women have been negligible. In Hawaii an ancient king had laid down the law of “Mamalahoa kamwai,”â€"(Let the women and children and old men sleep be- side the highway). This law was enforced, and lwell enforced until the influx of the white man. The United States has had control of the islands since 1898. The conduct of the four native Hawaiians of mixed blood cannot at all be condoned, but it would be well to analyse all conditions fully before passing final judgment, The aborigines of all native races learn quickly. Unfortunately they adopt the bad points of those they imi- tate. We should therefore consider, in dealing with cases of this kind where “natives” are in- volved, is the native wholly guilty, or is he adopting a practise he has aped from his white brother and which his lack of balance allows to become vicious? A few years’ residence in people in their own my endthetcrimegexpiminlmmdentiythegoqnmentdid “mmwmssccmonsince not like Sir Ewamwmdthonrh MMwlththelewerelunent-dthe bummmmmmu whiten . . . totheWthqhelyett-hd. the South Seas, especially a few years ago. would convince anyone that the white man was anything but what he ought to be, at which timefartoomanyofthemhadaelittlereepect for the sanctity of womanhood as it aflected the natives an the four halfobreed Hawaiians had for Mrs. Nancie. Decent people everywhere condemn this Announcemexit was made from Ottawa on out of thing, but it must be remembered tint Wednesdty tint the contract of Sir Henry natives in that mtivo element, and eipocig]. Thomtonumamof’theCmadianNgtioml budtbmmmamdmtmflmsyummddmtbew'mu THE DURHAM CHRONICLE THE OLD AND THE NEW The radio has brought back the songs of other days, and it is said the broadcast of old- time dance music boasts the largest audiences. The present-day crop of songs do not appeal to the radio listeners, it is said, as do those of l twenty, thirty or forty years ago. It is even said the modern songs have not the appeal in them of those of two or three decades ago. Pos- sibly the song writing business, since the intro- duction of the radio, has been placed on a “production” basis. There is more outlet for songs than there used to be. The writer can well remember touring the Western United States a good many years ago and selling the !“latest, popular songs, words and music" to 'the patrons of the show. That business today is not done. The reason? ~ The West gets the papular songs nowadays as quickly as any other section of the country, thanks to the radio, and the days when two or three-year'old songs could be sold as the “latest” is gone forever. A song that makes a hit on Broadway tonight is all over the country tomorrow. The same may be said for music. Of late there is a rumor that old-.time dancing is coming back. Not particularly the “square” dancing. This has never left us, es- pecially in the country sections. The waltz, the minuet, the polka, mazurka, reel, is to replace the fox trot and those other dances which have sprung into prominence since the late Vernon Castle introduced the South American tango. The Tango struck civilization during the period immediately preceding the war, was something new, and took like wild-fire. From it evolved the present dancing system, altogeth- er different from the dances of twenty years ago. The present dances seem to suit the pres- ent generation, and we suppose that is all that matters, but it must be admitted they do not measure up to the old round dances in grace of movement. We feel we can say this without being considered an old fogy. As a matter of fact the majority of the present-day dancers would not recognize the old ones, and after more than fifteen years of flat-footing it around a la tango, we have our doubts if' the intricate dances of yore would have any appeal. Speaking of the songs of other days, we doubt if there is anything that has been writ- ten in recent years that will ever seriously com- pete with “Drink to me only with thine eyes,” “Annie Laurie,” “Kathleen Mavourneen,” “The last rose of summer,” “Suwannee River,” (of- ten wrongly called the Swanee), and many oth- ers that are still favorites after, in some cases, two or three hundred years or more. Perhaps the chief cause of these are the radio, or the superficial age in which we are living, when speed is considered ahead of quality. Even in our poetry, the best of present-day offerings are not much more than high-class doggerel compared with the old masters. The radio de- mands something new each day. There are a thousand songs written now to one thirty some years ago when the late Charles K. Harris started the present crap with his “After the Ball," “The Baggage Coach Ahead” and others, turning them out like grain from a thresher. The age we are living in differs from the ones gone before, and while the next genera- tion may have something altogether different it is a tribute to the old masters when some of the songs first mentioned will still be favor- ites. It is rather unfair to compare the old with the new, perhaps, but from what we can learn, we doubt very much if the old time round dances will be as popular as some of their pro- ponents hope. For one thing they are much too intricate and take too much time to learn. is a good one and will be food for thought] for those citizens who appreciste things of this kindsndhslievetheschsmewonidbesgoodsd- vertisemcnt for the town. LIGHT UP THE WATER TOWER After a trip to Kitchener last'Friday night and viewing the lighted water tower in that city, a citizen has suggested that it might be a good thing if the Durham water tower were wired and lights placed on it. The suggestion is a good one and we know of no other tower in this locality from which a cluster of lights would make a better showing. On a bright day the tower can be seen from the hill this side of Walkerton, and, in certain places, we are told, from hills the other side of that town. Coming in from the south it would be visible almost from Mount Forest, and we don't know how far north. Toward the east it would also be visible for miles. It is not very likely much along this line will be attempted this year; but the suggestion OTHER PAPERS’ OPINIONS theywerenotonspenkingmmnflnnd itmsuiur.xin¢decnnedtomnd socinltunctionsntwhlchnr. Bennett ‘mthehost.1‘hisisnotmespmti thtthupromptedotbabltterpum- mentu-y rivals to retain friendship out otthefiomltisncflbflthatatone tmmmmtnwm- is: and Roman Catholic, utter indulg- inginnficryspeechmtnstOI-nnge- angeOrdermOntu'iomdtheu-ch- enemyotthevavmceonuebec.md mmamoliccnurchmpuflcu- chullencetodinewiththelpthr.J. W.Edwds.Gnnduutex-ofthe0r- mmmuo-Goum TheCumdun donuuataaevere discounttntbevnwedstum Yetmmwmcityhutwedm pay its debts promptly or has found itself unable to meet its pay rolls. Detroit owes a million dollars to its employees. Chicago is practically bank- rupt. Philadelphia is in dine straits. The banks turned down a loan to New $15,000,000 in two hours and I lull; Montreal will sell a $11,000,000 loan without trouble; Hamilton gets all the money lt wants from the banks, and so on. There is absolutely no question about Canadian credit. Our people have a billion and a quarter on deposit in Yet with this clear record we allow the U. S. to say what our money is worthâ€"Grimm News-Letter. John Masefleld, the well-known au- thor, commenting on the prevailing de- pression in business, asserts that people have been asking too much from life, demanding greater wealth than life ought to offer. The author is probably right. There is the added trouble that many persons are not contented with demanding more wealth from their fel- lows but resort to all kinds of expedi- entsâ€"mainly crookedâ€"to beat their fellows out of their hard won earnings. It is this lack of contentment with little that brings about the crashes in busi- Eness and the downfall of the adven- turous and unscrupulous manipulators. It is true that some of these gentry are punished by imprisonment, but far too many manage to escape while a crisis prevails, always ready to resume their nefarious trickery when good times come around the corner .-F’lesh- erton Advance. Massie, in Honolulu, we doubt if there would have been an accusing volée in the whole world. There was never a more brutal, fiendish assault commit- ted. The husband of the victim. Heat. H. mm. killed Joseph WW3! to his everlasting credit. Now Lieut. Mas- A Justified Mulder In the Southern United States they lynch violators of women, burning them at the stake, and if this practice had been followed with violators of Mrs. Fortescue. and two United antes navy enlisted men. Albert 0. Jones and E. J. term of inprtsonment, he will st least have the satisfacum of moving that he put Kahuna“! for all time beyond the possibility of perpemung any tur- Collingwood Enterprise. But here in Canada Toronto runes Nara-er Bil-It mmmhuanlyjnnu- fivedmdthueumnnmottmfl‘ mmeurmthemnms.mbeteu mmumwdmmm winbencommcotvidmutmthe totheluntt. 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They want their friend- Gawyhrthemm ship and “Principles do not die; ideals are im- perishable; immortality is impervious to the ravages of time."â€"â€"Henry Mor- genthau. “Pop, how soon will I be old enough to do as I please?" “I don’t know. Nobody has ever lived that long yet." Read The Chronicle ads on page 7. Children ‘s Bonapers Children ’s Overalls Children’s OW Ladies White Suede Gloves. Straw Hats. for Men or III-fly. I” 12. 1.82 GM Fruit thpies ........ 6 form My China Cups cud Btu- __ Flutes to latch The Variety Store R. L. Saunders, Prop. More for Your Look Over These Bargains Money