THE WHITBY GAZETIE AND CHRONI<;LE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938 _:_ .. ;THE EDITORIAL POINT OF VIEW ,_IDadftDOO:- ODJted state~ Cit o\Mr to wblob &be 1Ubf1Cr1p-. on 1!11 acldJml !Abe.. ~;~;:;!~:r··;:~- - - Aboli•hed willing to risk in war the lives oi those who are nearest and dearest to him. Let no man aay that it would have been better to resist, and to fight it out, "now rather than later," unless he himself would have given the order that would have sent young men marching into the dreary hell of war. Let no man say that the statesmen of Britain and France were out-traded in the bargain they have struck, until he has attempted to add the total of the price they might have had to pay for any other settlement than the one which they have taken-the price in death and destruction spread acroas the face of Europe; in whole cities Iald waste by high explosives and seared with poison gas; in broken and mangled bodies of women and their children ; in the unleashing of passion and hatred; in the tremendous strain which modem war impose on the resources of all nation's, victors as well as vanquished; in ti.I&..risks it holds for the kind of civilizatio .. en- joy; perhaps in the eomplete collapse of that civilization over a large part of Europe. No man is wise enough to know whether too high a price has been paid for peace. But no man who is honest will attempt to pretend to himseif that a high price has not been paid. It i• a price which includes per- mi011ion for · Hitler to march into Czechoslo- vakia precisely on the day he said that he would march. It is a price which cedes land and resources solely under the plaln threat that force would be used if this ces- sion were not made. It is a priee which may therefore-put a premium on the use of almllar threata of force in future. It is a price which sacrifices the interest& of a mnall, forsaken nation to the interests of ita larger neig!>bora. It is a price which enormouoly increases the resources of the most aggreosive and dangerous Power In Euiopec ' It is a price which enables a dic- tator ,~ho . would wUiingly destroy the laat · veetia!l~of demileraeY in Europe to claJm, with, jiiStiCe, · that he lias scored over the dem~es · 1!f Europe the greatest diplo- matiJ: ,triumph of modern times; that he hu: ac:o:omplished ·by· a mere . ultimatum whit ~· Biaiiiarcl< failed to achieve with ,t. ' J " !'l'Dii•· · R rii a price which ,reveals the breakdcnnr:Of what tlicire was In the~previ C!!!il:r exll'tli!a lo:rstem, of collect!_v.e ~ty. It Ia a price whieb, for .the moment, 'Jreatly ""~\~~:' I J!!d\1!!!!1 tia~ ~q_od of _l,ny early 'partiei- 11' pat!Oft by. the American people in such a . Systciiit. We say thla.~'ii.~Jeving profoundly Ia Ol)e of see, tl(ere Ia it for . this can-sell ... 0 that a syatem of··collective security is ln- dillpellll&ble and inevitable; that a new at- tempt to create sueb a system on a genu- Inely substantial b&sio must and will be made &pin; that the swiftly m&rchjng eventa of the JUt few · weeb in mer'ely ·offer f~:;-~~~l~~ work{ ,,.m· .o1 and w~~~ · -~maU:Bruineu u Comiq Baclr. j-.-. '.- .' .. ·~ -,.--.,.- ~ on the law-of action and reac- tion, the day ' of th~ little 'buainessman again will ·dawn," decllirea 'Rogei W. BaJ>. ' IOD, etOII!QIIiat and author; in the current Rotarian ': !biiuine. ".AJr,acly various foit:ea are einel'llnlr. If capitalized these should help to re-establish little businesoes aJOI!B a' broadening i.ilduatrial and commer- cial fioont. ~ If Little · B~neu-the b&ck~ne of the American economic system-is to meet ~ Bwiine&c8 on equal grounds, the econ- omlat aaaerta, co-operation among small b1'"~,.-en Ia absolutely essential. Mutual . ~pa are already operating for co-opera- 'tive .P.JIIChuinr, he pointa out, and such joint ciffqrta should be extended to adver- tising and to sharing brands with one an- othl!l'. By capitalizin.r ita advantages, Babson maintalna, Little Business can offset such dlia.:vantages as the cost of advertising, difficulty in securing capital, inability to supPort independent research organizations 11;11d laboratories, and purebasing handi- caps involved in obtaining raw materials in ai!WJ quantities. Little Bueinese has five unusual ad- vantaaes, he say-namely, "(1) smaller overhead costs-this Ia fundamental; (2) abUity- quickly to ebanre-this applies both to policies and to products; (8) ! less fre- quent labor. troubles-and usually a lower wage rate; ' (4) management In the hands of 01fllera-:.this Ia always an advl\)lta>Ie; (II) public sympathy' 'and local co-operation -thla Ia especially valuable to prevent un- favorable legislation." Fo~atfon of variowi permanent orpn- bations to apoll80r the •• lntsrest of ,Little 'Business Indicates that ~all· busineSIImen· are recotrniling their pl&ce · In -the econ~ omlc 1ystem, contends Babson. Similarly there is recognition of the fac~ every Blr Business was once a Little Budmess. "I expect that we wiU again enter an era when employers will be honored and encouraged ; when labor will be more reas- onable; when more men will move back to . ' the soil and more women baCk to the home,n concludes the econo~lst. "Fair play, free marketa, conserva~ve thrift, clean politics, and co-operation· will again be in the saddle, Then little businessmen will come to their own." ·Repaying the Co1t How long does it take the ~erage ebild to repay oociety for the cost of his rearing, i.e., how many years does he require to earn an intome sufficient to balance the amount expended on him durini the period of his earlier dependency? Although the young man would be unable to repay the $5,760 by the time of his marriage, at the age of 27, the eombined earnings of his wife and himself equal at age 31 the prineip.&l outlay for their rearing but do not account for the interest which has ·accumulated thereon. The average man i~Canada was earning $927 in 1930-31, whlclf meant that he would have had to spend his total salary for six years to repay the expense incurred by society in rearing him far his first ei.rhteen years. In the provinces where there are more children in proportion to the rest of the population, th'eir cost must fall more heavily on the comparatively smaller adult population. This is reflected in the shorter average sehooling of ebildren in these pro- vinces. Quebec, whieb has the largest pro- portion of ita population under 18 years of age ( 43.27 p.c.) has the lowest average school attendance (7.78 years), while British Columbia and Ontario, with only 30.11 and 84.67 p1c. of their respective popiJ)ations under 18 years of,, age, have an avera8" length of attendance of 9.15 and 9.20 years respectively. Rurol families are la!lier in size than are urban, (3i22·· ebUctren · per average rural family to 2,'68. pel-. but many rural childrell ro to the they reach ma- turity. This trend one, 50.14 p.c. · <!f,. the ' 10 ;years of age living in with 41.26 p.c. ap. pear that ehildren scbooilllin:g~~~~~~~~~B~ total Cl to note that entire cost 'n"""' they would of the coet ·of .~ ;:;: -~ ·~~t •.. .· ~ · Let -u;·'& Tli~l ' "" . • • ... ' .., J ,_ ~ ~ .. ~ ... "t • "Count your -mAny - -bl~'one b;v one," is a a~ W'J:iicb moSt b,n8dians c:au .. ~, ., . ...,,...,,. 8111&' wtth thankful hearta 'af·•thlat Tbanka- giving aeason. _ciolll!"tlii1iuiJa~t ~e Do- minion have bee'a J¥ntiful fild ·the world has just pasaed a ~ whi~ ;,might have plunged ua &pin Into the ~rs of an- other war. In thelr,otor Clty. t)lere is pros- pect& that in the coming moritha industrial activity will increase omplo~ent and pes- simism will banish. In America we may h&f," our petty strifes but we are far remoyiid from the potential air raids ;hich rEed Eng- land. We have little, if any ·: hatreds, fears and prejudices whieb ave attacked other lands, and we In Canada can count ourselves as almost a preferred people in comparison. The gift of pesce which came out of Munich is just as much a gift to us in Ca- nada as to the' people In our jllother coun- try, and this Thanksgiving besides giving us a day for meditation af4.o gave us a day for gratitude. In our rejoicing let us sinr "Count Your Many Blessings, 'Name Them one by one - and see what The Lord has done." The Mentally Si,clc Two-thirds of the patient& in mental hospitals in 1981 were admltted'·before they had reached middle life. are now several Institutions for IDiter- acy is more common admitted to the hospitaliln their than among those who· .have prior to admission~·~·~ :Th~la~~~~~~~~ causes for incarc'eratlon of people are different from the older people, - be. ing a greater factor in euvlroJimental factors hi most holf of the female1 ~~~~~ rled, but 'eQ!y about o males a condition which probably has sig- nifica~ce in regard to hereditary types of mental cases. Special classes for mentally defective ebildren are now being conducted in cities from coast to coast, and though they are more expensive per pupil than other classes, it is claimed that the results obtained justify the investment. Delinquency is to juvenile behaviour what crime is to that of the adult. When leading to incarceration it means depend- ency. It is more pre,·alent in urban dis- tricts than in rural, with the large city having relatively many more youthful mis- demeanour:! than the town or villal!e. The annual number of convictions for major delinquencies is over 5,000. There has been some inerease in proportion to population though not as mueb as in the case of adult crime. The number under the age of 18 continuously confined to corrective institu- tions is approximately 2,500, roughly three- fourths boys and one-fourth girls. The Co1t of Children Populatio!' /ncreae Encoa1'G6ing · Canada's population continues to in- crease in spite of the. lowering of imml- ~~r&tion quotas, and the rate ia quite en- couraging in a period of an almost uni- versol eontaction of the birth llte. The official bureau of statistics reports that during the first quarter of this year there were iu Canada 54,71llive births, an equi- valent annual rate of 19.8 per 1,000 popu- lation, compared with a rate of 19.4 for. the corresponding period of 1937 •. .A8 against this there were 28,395 deaths, a rate of 10.3 per 1,000 population, in eontr&st with one of 11.9 during the first three months of last year. · This gives a natural increase of 2G,816 for the quarter, a rate of 9.5 per 1,000 population as against that of 7.6 for the same period last year. Canada'~ popula- tion has increaoed approximately ten per cent. since the last census was taken and it may be taken for granted that this ls due principally to natural gains. It is encouraJing to find, in face of the contention that Canada's rreatest need ia immigration, that the increase in popula- tion is supplied by an excess of births over dea.ths at a time when there ;,- a wide- spread complaint in other countries of a de- clining birthrate. l A Bit of Verse l 0 ST. LOUIS DETROIT • TICKETS AND INFORMATION AT MRS. G. DREW DorTOR LOSES I Had No Gun Liceme · 1.11 Youth Payo $12.50'. USE IN GANGER For Aiding F~ SERUM BILl Lindsay, Oct. 11.-James. qarron. Emily Township, was convicted Friday of carrying a gun 'Wl~t a Jtcense, and tined $10 with $2~~for costs. · -,. .rt:" r K.,e .. •l Appeartng on hi& the youth presented & Kitchener Phyoician Patient Not Reoponding to Treatp>en~ Judre Dedares ARMY TRUCKS FROM OSH.4 WA New Six-Wheel Vehicle io Teoted by Department of National Defenoe ottawa, Oct. 11-Alm.tng at the same meuure of mechan1atton which baa been reached 1n the ann1ea of Europe, olflciaJa ot the canacUan Department ol Nattorw Defcnae hawe eonUnue<l the1r teat& of new mJllt.arJ; unlt:s to include a ab:-wheel-drl'fe Canadian - bullt trucll:. Can'Jin& a tlte .. ton PI.J•load, Uld baullDa IWl equipment ol approxt- maNq four toaa. the new unlt. at· talnod a top bllhwa,y opted of forl;y- etrbl lllllol per hour d'!flnl of!le1al ttatt carried out. at PeL&wawa camp UDdtr ~the cUrectlcm ol Col. N 0 11be<maD o! .the Ordance Depo,.\- menL "1be te1t1 inolUded. operaUon _,...117, -h bulb, and crrer tract~ of ta..'7 aand &nd ---S,peclall;J built t.o 0'.8. Army z;pecz .. !lc$11ol>a at plant of the Llmlted, wpowered ftlve .. ln·bead the chaula Leaf, wlth gument to Magistrate ted that he had aroundhogs when Game Overseer When a.sked to plead be- "1 plead guilty to the · wordiDg of the .r;eetton. not I(Ullt;y to the ap1r:tt or purpoM!." Continuing ed, "I feel that th~ law intupreLed tn the light and sanity. I was doing 1n my d18trict a areat troying these pests." 'lbe accustd retl.liO<H<>!"" fine and .r;tated. that ~~Jl~ a jail term. He was CIIVI!II'·illl· "' to pay the tine. J'IJe ..... . . ., . ~ .. J'o Heatt• ···~ ne.rel&es eon- Jull, Brooklin, R. A. Hut- the delegates to a few timely niat ute to welcome In lhla lnspec· 5atd. Mr. Hutchl- " Relerrlng to :Mr Hutchl .. representatives or companies for these Columbus Hedb. of Loudon week-end. at home. Neabllt baa been cooflned bed the put few dal'a, ' Income Retuma Gain ..,,,,.1. 978,891 Fint 6 Mon~ Report Shows of lots cannot obt.aln a year and a day, the for redemption of U by taxpayer& A2. McPherson and his girl were entering the cinema, the girl said, "Here's my one-pnd-threepence, McPherson looked pleased. "Ah, I'm glad ye've given lt me before we a:o in, Jenny. Ye know, If there's one t~ I cant abide It's to aee a lassie pa;y tor h,..rsel':" "Supposing 'you found .yo•lli:Siolf·ll on a desert bland, Bobby," saJd the Sunday School teaCher, .. and could ' . ' ' have one boOk. Whtch bOok would you ~er?" .. 'Boat-building For Amateurs' ... Bobby replied. rl'so BEAUTIFUL YOU WON'T . ·BEI.mVE . . . IT'S A-::LOW-PRICED CARl"· HERE are the moat beauti.ful, moat lax· uriou& Plymoulh motor can thatCh:ryeler. hu ever built! · 'rlcke~ D.Ot