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Having stolen the natural heritage of the children, man now busies himself in ordering the yeâ€"~gsters off the streets, so that he won‘t have to slacken the speed of his highâ€"powered car, notwithstanding the fact that he isn‘t driving any place in particular and has plenty of time to get there. What is needed in these days is a litle MOfe CORe sideration for the child. The formation of Kid‘s Safeâ€" Lo Een s Te e se tel R Eapy a 2 l Man‘s selfishness has contributed largely to this unfortunate. condition. Commercialism and materialism pursued without regard to the needs of the rising generaâ€" tion have also ‘been contributing factors, The cornes lots have been levelled off to make room for gasoline stations.: The extra space on the family homestead has been divided into building lots to supply the demand for extra housing accommodation, and all this time nothing has been done to provide=a substitute for these natural playgrounds which the children of former years enâ€" joyed. ; Forsome years now it has become the usual thing to read statistics tending to show the great flow of peâ€"oâ€" ple going from Canada to make their home in the Unitâ€" en States. These figures have been used in season and out of season by politicians and by newspapers which are politically biased, until they have created, to some extent, a feeling that Canada was but the milch cow which kept the United States thriving. A few days ago, however, other sets of figures were announced by the Dominion government officials, showing a return movement whig his highly gratifying. They show that last year 65,000 people from the United States entered Canada to make their home here. Of these, forty thousand were former Canadian citizens who had gone to the United States to earn a living, and who were returning to this country again. The other 25,000 were citizens of the United States migrarâ€" ing into Canada to make their homes here. Undoubtâ€" edly they were attracted here by the greater opportuniâ€" ties which are to ‘be found north of the international boundary at the present time. This incoming tide of people is very significant. It shows that there need no longer be the cry that Canada is being depleted of her population by migration to the United States. Indeed, as matters now stand, with busiâ€" ness conditions under depression in the United States and flourishing in Canada, there is every reason to beâ€" lieve that the situation will be entirely reversed, that many more thousands of Canadians will come back from the United States, and many thousands more United States citizens will settle in this country. This will work out to the ‘benefit of Canada in a very marked way, for immigration of this type is greatly to be preferred to that from nonâ€"Englinsh speaking countries across the Atlantic. Surely Mr. Sinclair cannot be serious in his request that the province be put to the expense of a special sesâ€" sion of the legislature to have the election laws amended to provide against the results of possible carelessness. Why the necessity for such haste? It is true that there may be one or two byeâ€"elections before the next sessions, but there is no reason for unseemly haste in amending the laws. The lessons of South Ottawa will not quickly be _ The demand made by W. N. Sinclair, the Liberal leader in the Ontario provincial assembly, for a special session of the assemlly to | pass legislation to guard against carelessness on the part of election officials, can be taken as little more than a meaningless gesture, made for its effect on his own followers. The demand came as the result of the investigation into certain stray bal~ lot papers in the South ‘Ottawa election, in which it was found that there was nothing of an illegal or criminâ€" al nature, but a good deal of careless handling of ballots. But considerable "progress" has been made since that day, but it isn‘t the sort of progress which is enâ€" joyed by the natural healthy boy whose system demands action in sport, and who is compelled to practice on the pavement unless one of his youthful pals is forâ€" tunate in possessing a big back yardâ€"and they are scarce. . # . When the presentâ€"day parents were boys and girls, there was no problem of supervised playgrounds to solve. Every community had a "corner lot" where the boys could congregate for ball games and enjoy themâ€" selves to their heart‘s content. Traffic dangers were unknown. . Safety buttons® hadn‘t made their appearâ€" ance. A god sound healthy boy had a fair chance to enjoy himself, and a géneration of stout courageou men was reared. At this season of the year, when the fine days are approaching, and the prospect of the summer vacation looms in the immediate future, the most pathetic figure in the majority of our modern cities is the little child looking for a place to play. Safety clubs are formed to teach the little tots to f‘look both ways before crossing," but the fact is overs looked that the street is about the only place left for many of them to enjoy their playâ€"and youth is the time for play. Every healthy, normal child is not only enâ€" titled to it, but also if there is such a thing as human rights, has the privilege of demanding it. j T wo God‘s Foundation:â€"â€"As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlastâ€" ing foundation.â€"Prov. 10: 25. «_ BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK > THE INDEPENDENT â€" § TELEPHONE 36 Member Selected Town Weekiliecs A MEANINGLESS GESTURE THE INCOMING TIDE W. J TAYCLOR, Preprister MiiNERNERR E7 0 “;&W ";z‘l"',"!w"“‘- o ’;‘ 3 < «i’%'.‘ Bs X g“)\ tocand ol ts (oe Sell ce n aie® PITY THE CHILD mds esn ollite of â€"â€"_ _A prominent educationist in the United States is credited with making the remark that a man of fortyâ€"vve ‘ who has not earned enough money to retire is a failure. For this statement, he has drawn forth the comments of several newspapers, most of which disagree with his ‘viewâ€"point. Take even the face of it, there are grounds for argument on the point of whether it is reasonable to expect a man to have reached a state of financial indeâ€" â€"pendence by the time he is fortyâ€"five. There are so many years of useful effort left to the average man after that age that it would not be a good thing to be placed beyond the need of working when fortyâ€"five is reachâ€" ed. ‘ Premier Baldwin, addréSsing the anmual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society, pay his triâ€" bute to the power of the Bible in the direstion of the world‘s affairs, for, he said, were it not for the hope which the Bible gives for a better world, he would reâ€" sign office. Coming from a man in his position, that is a drastic statement, but one which he seeks to justify in the following words: f | "If I did not feel that our work and the work of all others who hold the same faith and ideals, / Justus Miller,V managing secretary of the Border Cities Chamber of Commerce, widely known as the man who put Essex "on the map" by his vigorous activity on behalf of its advertisement and development, in speakâ€" ing in St. Thomas last week told an audience of Chamâ€" ber of Commerce members and Kiwanians the secret of his success in this way. His message was such that it can ‘be applied to any community, and his words are well worth passing on to the citizens of Grimsby at the present time. Mr. Miller said:â€" ‘"You can‘t sell anything to the other fellow if you don‘t believe in it yourself, and that applies to a community........If you don‘t believe in your own community, believe that it is a good place to live in, to work in â€"and work for, and for your childâ€" ren to live in, how can you expect outsiders to interest themselves in that community to the point of moving in, or. how can you expect your children to remain there ‘when they grow up? I would say that the first principle of community publicity is for people to believe in themselves and their own community." This is exactly in line with the attitude which has) been taken by the Independent in its advocacy of greatâ€" er interest being taken by the people of Grimsby in the development of the town, and in the work of the Chamâ€" ber of Commerce. There are few towns anywhere which have as much to offer in the way of convenienâ€" ences, comforts and advantages as the Town of Grimsâ€" by, yet it is only too true that there are citizens who apâ€" preciate them so little that they are prepared to condemn the Town in whirh they live, The people of Grimsby have a town worth bclievin.g/in, and they should be the first to realize that fact, and to make it known wherever they may be. The greatest booster any community can have is the man who will "talk up" his town at every opportunity, and Grimsby cannot have too many of that type of citizen. A much broader question, however, is opened up by this statement. It opens up the subject of by what stanâ€" dards success or failure should be judged. Does the fact that a man is able to amass a certain amount ot wealth entitle ‘him to ‘be called a success, or does the fact that a man has not made enough money to retire at once stamp his as a failure? Judged by that standard, some of the greatest men in the world might be called failures. The man who believes in working for the good of others, and follows that belief instead of working to amass wealth, achieves a measure of success in life which the money. grabber never knows, and yet, by the material standard quoted above, he would be a failure. j There are many things which mean iar more in life than the making of money. Some of the most successful of men have been those of small means. The mn who brings a family of children into the world, works to rear and educate them, and give them a good start in life as honorable nd respected citizens, is achieving a measure of success which the mere making of a fortune can never give. It would be disastrous to society if the monetary standard were the rule by which failure and success could be measured. If that were so, the world would be full of failures, and many of them would be men who, to a marked degree, had served their fellows and the world in general far better than those who served the god of mammon. ' I?;&téotten, and will have a healthy influence on the actions of returning officers and other election officials until such time as definite changes can be made in the lay. Mr." Sinclair may have thought that he was standing forth as a bold champion of the electors when he made his demand. It is more than likely, however, that the majority of the people will look in his attitude as both absurd and unreasonable, and will feel that when he made it, he never had any idea that the government would be so foolish as to grant it. nature of a high explosive in the world. to carry on so much of our struggle in in a twilight or fog. Friends, or men ‘be friends are kicking blindly in the s THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE WHAT CONSTITUTES FAILURE? HAVE FAITH IN YOUR TOWN J THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO This will. rush of Ont to market,, a A. Fulton of ch the seasor main strawbe States, and i; peak of shi from the O and Arkansa in June. Present i competition berry,/ growe U.S. Shipm When C: â€"â€"Hits B &« . . Concrete paving . . . perâ€" manent, safe, saving. Your comâ€" munity needs it to save taxes, for concrete iPaving costs Pyractically nothing for u{lkeep. ou need it to save gasoline, tire and car repair bills and to give you the pleasure of driving over a safe, even, nonâ€"skid traction surface.‘ Concrete paving draws tourist traffic, improves transportation, aids industry and stimulates prosâ€" perity . . . in which you share. It is permanent . . . and makes each ensuing year‘s budget more productive of fiEW MILEAGE. For your own sake and for the sake of your community, advocate concrete at évery opportunity. 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And it "the first berries will be shipped | is easy to understand, when one gets out about May 20, with carlot shipâ€"|a good whiff of it, how the treatment ments to the Prairie markets about the| is so effective. _ first of June. Berries from this Provâ€" Sieimtmnamectmeemmnencmmenrmmamrniions nnntatsrmon remmonin ons on wanemae ince and the rush from the United| . States wil come together about the lz “ W I same time." f 3 _a P j Big Crop in United States i From all that can be learned at present there will be a big crop of strawberries in the United States this year, with quality high and the most modern packing methods used. Ory y Hrerl e Pic e rieieven enes Mreereteaeerermninl o rererbduinapit M preghres n te enc s ET Eumc o caltition /s ;-9- CANADA CEMENT CONCRETE] wok n ut sBE Lt 0 ul A es mner 59 pXnit e Sey Ameneirens AsSteimonens on eepaintree e se n pare ol e Cat and Mouse Act PerRpat . 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For Jasper Naâ€" tional Park is a game sanctuary in the finest sense of the word, and guns and hunting dogs are forbidden within its boundaries. â€"It is of interest to observe the manner in which the animals recogâ€" nize this. Though it is only comparaâ€" tively few years since this great sancâ€" tuary was set aside, the shy deer and mountain sheep are no longer shy, the black and. brown bears have become daily visitors to village and to hotel grounds, and the animal population of the park is increasing by leaps and bounds. However, it is Bruin who demonstrates perhaps most forcibly, how the animals DOMINION TIRE DEPOT ©TOUDIC OCClUIS, DUT TO A12pCCL UIUCIIL 1Cg UIdliy «â€"â€"â€" to remove every cause of trouble and to correct every injury at its beginning. Make a habit of calling at your nearest depot every week to have your tires checked. You are never far away from a When Bruin Makes Friends j GRIMSBY ' © West End Motors, Main St. W., Phone 309 ] : f BEAMSVILLE ‘ Robertson & Seymour, King St., Phone 264 The farmer who becomes a customer of this Bank will find himself dealing with men who understand his work and who regard it as of sufficient importance to support him wholeheartedly. x’ Your Tires are C just as important as your engine! | _ RE of your tires repays you just as . | , Wednesday, May 16th, 1928 have come to regard man as their friend instead of as their enemy. Now it is a daily event to have one or more bears visit the Lodge grounds in search of the titbits which they know tourists love to feed to them. â€"Nor is it unusual for a golfer playing over the magnificent scenic course which has been laid out in the Athabasca Valley, to meet a bear at the turn of the fairway, or to find a shy deer viewing him with interest as he gets down to line up his putt on one or another of the greens. â€" _=©‘ _ m A short time ago, it was estimated that the mountain sfieep population of this 5,300 square mile national park was over 10,000, with an equal number of deer, while the bears are numbered in thouâ€" sands and are seen at almost any turn of the foad. And when once a bear cub has developed a taste for sugar, he is a conâ€" firmed visitor to the Lodge grounds.â€" Canadian National Railways photograph In the past men sought higher eduâ€" cation in order that they might make more money. Now, education is more or less excess baggage. The scholar must renounce all claims to wealth.