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PAGE TWO The Oshawa Baily Reformer (ESTABLISHED IN 1871) 'An independent newspaper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited, Chas, M. Mundy, Pre- sident; A, R, Alloway, Secretary, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier boy in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada, $500 a year, United States subscriptions, $1.50 extra to cover postage. Single copies Je, TORONTO OFFICE: 407. Bond Building, 66 Temperance Telephone Adelaide 0107, iy representative, i The Oshawa Daily Reformer is a member of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Pro. vincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Cireulations, MONDAY, 1926 FEBRUARY 22, Our Toronto Office |, ---- The Reformer does not often talk about itself or its doings but we have received so many congratula- tong on our latest venture that we cannot refrain from taking our read- ers into our confidence, So much faith has The Reformer in the as- sured future of this Oshawa of ours that we are making plans for more more expansion, We have a great deal of work to do and the more work we receive the more we look forward to getting, We take this attitude hecause we think we real: that The Reformer can play a great part in building up Oshawa, We are using to the limit all the we have and all the hours there are in the day, And, in es- tablishing our Toronto office, we are taking stepgto get our share of husi- &.. big city to our im- mediate west, and ize space ness from Many citizens are good enough to say that The Reformer is an import- As the City its newspaper grows, Improvements and developments may be ant asset to Oshawa, Erows,, too, conditions make The Reformer is supporting everything that seems to the welfare of Oshawa, that does does not appear to contribute its readers and advertisers, in increas- will assist it in the to which the publishers have put their hands, Co-operation will spell success for us all, expected as these possible, he for as well as opposing everything to that end, and it hopes that ing numbers, work / Oshawa's Building / To be third in production in 1925 building expenditures and ninth in building in the 1920 to 1925 among: Ontario's twenty-six cities is tenth in 1925, in six years, inclusive, surcly a fine record for Oshawa, the second youngest city of them all. That is taking the "shaw" out of Oshawa. It is the spirit that does it. The spirit that wins games and the spirit that makes a city grow and prosper For it is game that citizens are en- are one and the same. a great gaged in when, with immense faith in their city they take steps to de- velop sanely and substantially their own businesses knowing full well that their fellow-citizens have pride in the present and enough confi dence in the future to stand with and step forward with them real development. What helps one helps all and everyone can help towards the great object. no city im Ontario greater optimism and buoyancy or them towards In is there greater desire to co-operate for ad- vancement than in our own live in- Oshawa. In no city are there relatively few- grumblers, fewer drags om the wheels of progress than here. We are all working together for the best there is for Oshawa. dustrial and commercial er Wanted--A New Rink Now that Oshawa is becoming so prominent in the world of hockey, many people are pointing out the necessity for a mew, commodions, modern ice arena. It should be a paying proposition from every point of view. ; Belleville has the same problem on its hands and there a group of citizens, headed by the mayor, will probably succeed in supplying an adeoyuate hockey stadium by form- ing a joint-stock company. Neo doubt the same procedure could be followed in Oshawa. A rink suitable for all needs should prove to be a good commercial enterprise whose stock would earn satisfactory divi- Street, D, Trosidder) When Oshawa's present rink is filled with spectators on the occa- sion of an important game, it is lit- erally true that the applause makes 'the 'rafters ring, for, on the afore- sald rafters, likewise on the beams and almost everywhere else, boys are clinging in crowds, Besides, the ie sheet is.not quite as large as the regulations call for, Without question Oshawa needs a new rink, Would 'it not be in order for a mumber of those citizens 'who veal- ize what is required to take steps to see what. can be done towards the orection of a building that would be comfortable, that would be large enough for all purposes, and that would not be dependent for ice on the vagaries of the weather, An arti- ficlally-produced ice surface that would be in all respects uniform would be an immense advantage over the present arrangement, 'Without the least trace of the spirit of "keeping up with the Joneses'!, The Reformer suggests that it would never do to allow Belleville to outdistance Oshawa in this matter of an arena, Oshawa has some excellent hockey teams and a of good coming along, The lave done well: with adequate ae- they will better, Oshawa is "proud of her hockey players, It is time show our neighbouring cities and towns that superabundance hockey timber teams commodation do to this City intends to he at or near the top of the list in whatever is undertaken, Now is the time to con- kind of rink needs, and to act'in this rather ur. sider what Oshawa gent matter, WHAT OTHERS SAY CEASELESS INTERROGATION, (New York Times) Mr, Thomas A. Edison enters to- day upon the last year of fourscore years of life. To no living man, per- haps, has labor been less irksome, His days have been long in hours, hut so filled with inquisitive and creative activity that his labor has been as recreation, His "wizardry" has been that of an inquiring mind, asking questions and applying the answers to human uses, An old professor in .Prince- ton used, it is said, to take off his hat when he performed an experi- ment, saying that he was about to ask God a question. Mr. Edison's life has been one of ceaseless in- interrogating. : A THE SEITZ PLAN. (Border Cities Star) Don C. Seitz, associate editor of the Outlook and for many years busi- ness - manager of the New York World, thinks it would be an ex- cellent idea if Canada and the Unit- ed States would close their legisla- tive halls for 20 years. This long recess, Mr. Seitz points out, would give both nations a chance to ac- quaint themselves with the laws al- ready on the statute books and at the end of the period they would be ready for mew legislation. The idea sounds interesting. but there is one serious objection. What, in the meantime, would happen to that not inconsiderable section of the public to whom politics is the very breath of life? Of course, the orainary taxpayers, like ourselves, would benefit, but who gives a hang about the taxpayer--except at elec- tion time? THE EATING RECORD. (Kingston Standard) There are people who like to keep record performances, and there may be some who include eating among them. Foi their information we draw attention to a press dispatch from Morgantown, W. Va., which' says that Lewis Tsirigetig, who con- ducts a small lunch-wagon, claims the "long distance eating champion- ship" of this district. After he had eaten two cheese sandwiches, six pork chops, a service of lettuce and a loaf of Italian bread, ome of his frends bet him $5 he could not eat] another meal. Lewis took the bet and ate two dozem fried eggs, and a loaf of Italian bread, drank two cups of coffee and a bottle of near- beer. He then wanted to bet he could eat another half dozen eggs and another loaf of bread. He found no takers, so he claimed indisput- od possession of the eating champ- ionship. Police Sargent Thomas Shaw wvouches for the story. A LITTLE NONSENSE He was relating tales of his travels, and his listemers were duly impressed, for he was a wonderful man, judging by his adventures. "But the real thriller was when I made 60 cannibals run!" he said, and paused, waiting for emcourgge- ment. "How did you do that?" anxious- ly inquired a listener. " I-ram and they all ram after me." was the reply. "Poor Bill? "E's so short-sighted 'e's working 'imself to death.™ "Wet's "is short sight got to do with it? "Well, 'e can't see when the boss ain't looking, so "e 'as to keep on shovelling all the time!" Visitor: "I say, youngster can you direct me to the bank?" Urchin: "I can for a shilling." Visitor: "Well, that's rather dear, you know." Urchin: "Oh, is it? Well, you can't expect a fellow to he a bank 4i- i Ottawa Rings Alarm Clock From Canadian Automotive Trade for February, 1926, 8 v Rea Br REECE ST TE LIT EERE No more alarming news to the automotive industry in Canada and to allied industries, have come out of Ottawa since the assembly of the présent Parliament than the forecast of a reduction in the duty upon Am- erican-built motor cars, Ten thous- and "workmen receiving an annpal wage approximating $16,000,000 are flireatened with the loss of their jobs, The future of at least two Canadian communities--the city of Oshawa and the Border Cities, are menaced with the probable ultimate slowdown----if not complete with drawal---of the enormous industrial units which have established there as the immediate outcome of the development in Canada of the auto motive industry, There can he no mincing words, It is ineredible that the present Gov- ernment should so completely ignore Canada's industrial future as to pan- der to the whims of the sectional group, The rumors from Ottawa be dismissed as a political gesture were it not that they have been given prominence hy two substantial daily newspapers, the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Daily Star, both of Liberal persuasion, The Globe's Ot- tawa correspondent says: "In the general policy of co-operation he- tween the Liberals and Progressives on matters of legislation, confer- ences between members of the two parties have been held regarding the 1926 budget ,and it Is learned that one of the main features of the tariff proposals is likely to be a reduction in the duty on small automobiles, Western members are asking for such a reduction, contending the small car is a necessity, much the same as a binder." The Toronto Daily Star's forecast makes the statement that a "reduc-| tion in the existing duty, while not seriously affeeting the revenue of the country, would confer a real hoon npon the public generally in all parts of the Dominion," The Star further says, "The existing customs tariff on automobiles is 35 per cent. and the protection derived there- from is largely enjoyed by com- panies whose parent concerns are in the United States." - Intentionally or otherwise, this newspaper comment is designed to obscure the actual situation, Dominion Statistician R. H. Coals, B.A, PF.8.8., issued a statement a few months ago which showed that there were at the end of 1924, twelve antomobile plants in the Dominion of Canada. These twelve plants re- present a capital investment exceed- ing $604000,000, They were em- ploying at the time this data was compiled, 9,277 employees, paying out an annual wage of $14,219,000, making use of materials to a value of $64,000,000 and turning out mo- tor vehicles to the value of #$88,- 000,000, The tremendous production of the automobile industry in Canada places this industry, according to the government's 1922 statistics--the latest available on the subject--sev- enth among the forty leading indus- tries of the Dominion. This great industrial organization represents one of the romances of Canada's national progress. It was fostered under the country's policy of protection. It has developed to its present capacity under the policy of protection. Un- der this policy, for instance, the areat plant of the General Motors of Canada, at Oshawa, has grown from the pioneer wagon factory of the senior McLaughlin, to one of the foremost industrial units of the Brit- ish Empire. To quote a mope re- cent instance, there are the signifi- cant plant extensions of the Chrys- ler Corporation at Windsor, Ontario, oxtensions immediately compelled within the Dominion because of Can- ada's growing market made stable by protective tariff, and because of the possibilities for Empire trade development by reason of an enlarg- ed Canadian content im tae Chrys- ler car"s manufacture. These too were the compelling factors in the establishment at Toronto last sum- mer, in. an extensive plant, of the Dodge Brothers of Canada, limited. Is this to be tampered with by tariff tinkerers at Ottawa? More than the manufacture of might ent duty as it is or raise it upon the finished vehicle, the goal striven for Starved By Mildred Barbour Hearts would be attained without creating the commercial mortality that Can- ada of all countries can least afford to hear, Ottawa's astounding rumors come at a moment when the Liberal gov- ernment has definitely committed ft- self to the policy of a Tariff' Com- mission, In short, if Ottawa des- patches are correct, the Government appears about to step in ahead of its new creation, the Tariff Commis- 'sion, and bring about a reduction in wu taviff of far-reaching importance before the commissioners have had un opportunity to analyze the sit. uation, : The Government would embarrass its own commission, The basle prin- ciple behind the commission would he defeated at the outset, In the meantime, the uncertain- ty over the situation is proving a deterrent to motor car buying, Ac- tual evidence of a check in sales consequent upon the Ottawa rumors has been received hy Canadian Auto- motive Trade, Ottawa should promp- tly correct this by issuing a definite statement, A nation-wide trade and an oustanding industry MUST be given the maximum of protection, The tariff MUST he studied, It is vital to Canada that no hasty tinkering he permitted hy the Gov- ernment, Should the tariff on mo- tor cars he eliminated now, the Can- adian manufacturer would be out of business immediately, Canada can ill afford quch an.economic disaster, SOCIAL and PERSONAL The Reformer invites the co-operation of its readers in contributing items to this column, Send us a post- card or phone 35. Miss Winnifred Tane spent the week-end with friends in Toronto. --~Mr, Lee Cunningham, 371 King street east, arrived home this morn- ing from Gooderham where he has heen transacting business, He says | business is guite brisk in the north. «Migs Gladys Beckett, of Pads dington, i.ondon, Eng, arrived on the Montclair at St. John, N.B., on Thursday last and is now the gfgst of hem Loui | ---N | iskew, Mrs. H. Werry, 41 f 3] Oshawa. yl Me Mrs. Jas. HY, Toronto { formerly of Withé, nounce. (he engagemem-- of" their daughter, dupa Katileen, to Mr. William Dale Thompson, or. Van- | couver, B.C, of Mr. Amos| Thompson, of New Denver, B.C The marriugé to take plagg inyWin- nipeg! early in March. - ~Mr. J. MacKay and daughter, Miss Helen and Master Harold, of | | Wolfe, Saskatchewan, who have been | | spending the past week with his| sister-in-law, Mrs. - Mary MacKay, Athol street, left for Toronto where | he will visit his sisters there, They intend visiting Orillia and Port Carl- ing before leaving for their home in | Saskatchewan. of an- son REFORMER WANT ADS PAY MANY REMADE STORES Berlin, Feb. 22.--During the past year six thousand buildings in Ber lin have had their fronts renovated and the one-time spick and span streets gradually are resuming their pre-war appearance. Stucco facades, neglected for more than ten years have been torm away and renewed and cormices, lighting fixtures and ornaments replaced. During the inflation period thieves reaped a rich harvest by stealing metal cornices, lighting fix- tures and building ornaments, sell ing them for junk. Facades of store fronts mutilated in this man- ner went unrepaired owing to their owners not having sufficient funds for the work. The outlay for new facades last year is estimated at 10,.- 000,000 marks. motor cars is at stake. Not only suffer if Ottawa interferes. ition to the 10,000 concerned in the making of motor cars, 100.000 persons are employed. in relation to the motor car industry and its products, and it is estimated that one-half a million persons in Canada are dependent for a living on the manufacture and use of mo- | tor vehicles. Clearly those politicians who would tinker with the tariff are ap- proaching their goal, mamely, that of the reduction in price to the auto- motive buyer, from a mistaken angle. Possibly this is induced by an en- deavor to read the riddle through glasses clouded by information and statistics based upon the sale and profit accruing to a single orgamiza- In ad- 10.000 individuals will} immediately | tion whose products, due to its low cost, carries with it enormous pro- duction and sales possibilities, which properly speaking, have mo on the circumstances surrounding the general automotive manufacture in Canada. Practically every US. automotive manufacturer of moment has estab- lished manufacturing or assembling interests within Canada. They em- ploy numbers of our Canadian citi- zens and spend millions of dollars in the country annually. To reduce the tariff on the finished automobile means the killing of the present in- dustry and those suppliers intimate- Iy connected with it. It will cause Canadians generally irretrievable loss and Will pass back to a foreigm country the supplying of the Cana- dian purchaser, whereas were the Government to abolish the duty om components for re-manu- rector for nothing." a ------ purchased facture, and either leave the pres- 4 EYESIGHT SPECIALIST In Muscle Amomolies, Eyesight And Glasses Exclusively a Jaa Anlety CONCERNING THE ACTION AND "THE OHARACTERS STEPHEN LANE, wealthy, middle-aged, despotic, rules with a tyrant hand his young wife BARBARA, who sold herself in. to a loveless marriage, and MADELON, his beautiful orph- aned niece, whose father's mar. vinge he had opposed some twen- ty years before and whose guardianship now devolves upon him. He has already broken up her boy and girl affair with DUANE FARLEY, and turned him for sympathy to Barbara, who, unknown to Farley, fell in love with him, and sent abroad, with business vuin as the only alternative, Madelon's real love JULIAN BARTON, whose sult is sponsored by ANN ORDWAY, lifelong family friend, who loved Lane deeply despite his faults but whose Inck of beauty kpt her unnoticed by him, Lane sends Barbara amd Madelon to California where the latter meets HOWARD CHANDLER, fascine ating drifter, and marries him to escape Lane's tyranny, She is promptly disinhevited and cut off from the family, and her suspicion that Chandler's impets uous wooing was impelled by a vision of the Lane fortune, turns to a certainty when she finds out that he is an advens turer, FATE INTERVENES Chandler mended rapidly after that. Ie was convalescent, 'but his tefiper improved not at all, The guerulousness of a sick man was em- phasized by bursts of fury which broke upon the Jlucklcss heads of Madelon and the faithful little Jap servitor Madclon had fully regained her calm poise" after that one never-to- be-forgotten night when she had come face to facewith her own soul and conquered the terrible promptings of her overwrought mind, She was ventle with Chandler, solicitous of his comfort. She twrned a deaf ear to the vituperations he hurled at her when he grew well enough to want timulant and found it denied him Dr. Stewart her upon her tolerance. "You have the professional nurse," he told her one afternoon when he found her taking her rest hour in the garden. "Do you really think so?" ash ed carnestly. "1 think--indedd, it's imperative--that 1 find myself fitted for some means of carning a liveli hood." He looked at her gravely. "You mean She met his glance "It is impossible for SOON commended makings of a fine she frankly me lo remaan here longer, When Ioward has re. covered, | shall go away." He betrayed mo surprise, His eyes were very kind, "Only fools give advice in matters of this sort, Mrs, Chandler; but | cannot help but say that I believe your decision is a wise one." "I must go if 1 hope to save myself from some awful spiritual degrada- tion," she told him impulsively, "Don't think that I am a quitter, please! When I martied Howard! 1 chose deliberately and I believe that 1 am sporting enough to abide by my de- cision no matter what unhappiness it caused me, But now I am afraid, | am frightened by the possibilities of evil which have sprung up in me. | seem to be capable of terrible things, I must go if I want to save my soul." The doctor nodded his wise grey head thoughtfully, "I think | understand. | am glad that you have voluntarily reached such a decision. ... You are too young and lovely to be dragged down into the inevitable mire for which Chand- ler headed, Forgive an old man for his frankness, my dear, and allow me to say further, that you have roused in me the sincerest admiration for the gallant way you've stuck it out," She shook her head, smiling faintly, "I don't deserve your praise, I've only tried to make the best of a bad bargain, The fault has heen ming since the beginning. 1 won't bore you with my story; it is sufficient to say that I went into this with my eyes open, and 1 deserve all that's hap- pened." The doctor looked out toward Wai- kiki, bathed in the saffron light of sunset, His face looked old and sad, but very kindly. "1 shall miss you," he said, "but | shall be happy in the knowledge that vou are back among your kind. Anil the incredible thing about it all is that 18 you are going back unscathed." Madelon shook her head. "I feel as old and wise as Egypt. The scars 'of experience must surely show." . He laughed, patted her bright head momentarily, and went on down the warden path to his waiting car, Chandler was now so improved that Madelon could sleep in her own room aain, She settled him for the night around eleven, and going to her roony, flung herself gratefully on the couch by the window where she lay staring at the star-strewn canopy of sky. Finally she dropped off to sleep. The late moon had risen when a slight sound brought her back to con sciousness, She was instantly alert, listening for a sound from Chandler's room. But it was in the direction of the lin- mi. room' that she heard a faint seuff- ling noise, like someone walking in loose, heclless slippers. Softly, without sound, she crept through the hall, pushed open the half-closed door to the dining room. Standing with his back to her be- fore the buffet, in a path of brilliant moonlight, was Chandler, clad in a bathrobe, At her dismayed gasp, he turned slowly around, ; He held a bottle clutched in one thin hand. In the other was a par- tially filled glass, When he saw her horrified expression, he raised the lat- ter to his lips and drained it, : There was a fiendish, mocking light in his eycs, yefore she could take a step to ward him, he began to sway, His fac went livid and he clutched suddenly at his breast, 2 Bottle and glass dropped from his nerveless hand, He crashed back- ward auainst the buffet, struggled np- richt for a moment and then pitched headlong to the floor, She knew before she that he was dead, Copyright 1923, Mctropolitan News- aper Service, New York, reached him London, Feb. 22,--Fondant pink and celadon green are the two new colors which are being shown most in the exclusive gown shops of Lon- don's west end. Combination of colors in both evening gowns and gowns for day wear are displayed. Bodices are fre- quently made of one color and the skirts of another, Pour hot milk over The Silent Par Bill Lovell and Steve Preston, ll of the partners firm Lovell and Preston, were having a quiet chat, "Bill", said Steve, "how would you like a new "That's just the way I feel", i#1 dio, my shase of tho busines 15 2] fe | I