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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, , ,, ;THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927 _ ES ------ e @shatoa Baily Ti ] TE SUITE revo epen newspaper published every afternoon igfcpendant » pricey Pl holidays, at Oshawa, a, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Secretary. Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Canadian ¢s, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Association, Ontario Provincial Dailies the Audit Bureau Circulations. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATER: "B ; ier boy in Oshawa, 15c a week. By Fi Aw Th "of Durham and Ontario, $4.00 "@ year; elsewhere in Canada, $5.00 a year; United Sthtes, $0.50 a year. \ St TORONTO OFFICE: "Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone delaide 0107. Hi. 1, Tresidder, representative, BO i" THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927 i ; AUGUST 4, 1914, NE Thirteen years have passed since this Em- ire' declared war upon that militarism which 8 the late German Empire, It is fitting that who still live so close upon the years of e late Great War should remember August 4, 1814, for posterity will never forget it. _{The history of a thousand years hence will p the stamp of that ominous date; and so Jong .as men remember, the fateful hour when itain unsheathed its stainless sword will stand out as a reminder and as a warning. "And whatever else of gain or loss from the wr stands to the account of Imperial Britain, it'is certain that time at least will bear wit- ness to the deathless chivalry which sent his- tory's greatest empire into struggle which from the first threatened all that it was or ever ; to be, "No man can yet estimate the direct loss re- stlting from the late war, and a hundred years ust elapse before even a preliminary estimate can be made of the indirect wastage from those four disastrous years which saw the world in 8, Yor gain from the war, the world's sore heart wil not yet allow itself to think, Certainly, there was no material gain, But no man who believes in the eternal verities can bear to be- lieve other than that some Divine alchemy is changing the blood ang sorrow and sacrifices of the great war into humanity's most precious endowment, "The war was a fight for ideals, so far as Bri- tainn was concerned; and in the realm of the - ideal probaly lies her great reward, 4There is evidence enough that some great ¢hange in the fundamentals of life -are taking plhce. What those changes imply is another of the war's mysterious legacies, .5But the faith which has ever been the real f8undation of British rule and greatness stands confident that good, not evil, will be increasing- iy evident as our heritage from Armageddon.-- That from the very soil sacred to the Empire's war dead will spring some mystic flower of the triumphant spirit, asserting once more "They did not die in vain," v Lo WORTH BACKING "Ernest Fawcett, a young married man of this city, is ambitious to be Oshawa's repre- 88) tative at the coming Marathon Swim to be under the auspices of the Canadian Na- tiénal Exposition, That he is a swimmer and has the more im- portant quality of staying power was shown bx his Civic Holiday swim between the water- fronts of Oshawa and Bowmanville-- a dist- . alice of some ten miles parallel with a really difficult coast. ' JOshawa sport lovers may know of better whys to spend their money and enthusiasm than by giving Mr, Fawcett the small finan- isl backing which he needs. However, his own keen sportsmanship must commend itself to all that like a clean game well played. , earnestness, at least, demands investi- gation; and while it is the height of foolish- ness to build on false hopes, it can yet be borne in mind that the race will be won by the man 0..can stick it the longest. Fawcett is a sticker. ' OSHAWA'S PRIDE "-- + "Is Oshawa getting its share of this year's enormous tourist traffic money ? This question assumes special pertinence be- Muse of the estimate that something like $150,000,000 will have been spent by tourists in Oshawa during the current year. On a per : ta basis, Oshawa is entitled to $1,000,000 Of the total Fortunately, perhaps, tourist money is not distributed so considerately. It goes, as is the way of money, where it is at- problem, then, is one of attraction--of afctmans hip. e current season is well advanced, but the eaming months before the opening of the 1928 might be profitably devoted, in part, to y survey. 3A suggestion heard is that Oshawa business pn might form a working committee charged the responsibility of making a thorough investigation. They could report, for instance, on on the value of the Lakeview Park tourist camp. Its accessibility need be considered only as a part of the general problem affecting Osh- 'awa's lakeside park. But if it were made easily accessible, would it be used? Other cities, more or less similar in situation to Oshawa, might give valuable suggestions, First impressions count for much, whether with tourists or others. Considering that, .is Oshawa's "Welcome" sign to tourists .distine- tive? Bowmanville, for instance, has a formula of greeting that carries a definite message to at least one man out of fifty. That is to say, that fiftieth man will not forget either the greeting or the town that sanctioned it. : A survey committee would probably report on street signs, in which Oshawa is deficient, Looking a little further than the market value of hot dogs, it would seriously consider the value of rest rcoms, one of which is probably more needed than a dozen tourist camps, Some city will make an international name for itself some day by establishing a Tourist's Tavern. It would be centrally located, Its in- formation desk would make it a true House by the Side of the Road; its clock would give guaranteed time; its drinking fountains would offer that cup of cold water which the Scriptures recommend, COOLIDGE WILL NOT RUN While his announcement was a little tinged with ambiguity, it is taken generally that President Coolidge will not be a capdidate to succeed himself in 1928, Some laud Mr, Coolidge for his action as one who thus relinquishes the certainty of four years more power--and it is well to re- member that the presidency of the United States confers far more power upon any given incumbent than does the Throne of Great Bri- tain, Others will, of course, say that the astute New Englander has had his ear to the ground, and that what he heard was not gomforting, The point of interest in the situation for Can- adians is that, whatever his governing motive, Mr, Coolidge has added a real chapter. to the Republic's unwritten constitution. It is sup- posed that the United States has no such thing, and that emphasis has been' laid since its founding upon clearly written fundamental law, Yet from Washington on, every presi- dent surviving well on into two terms has been tempted or assailed on the matter of a third term, Some have tried to obtain a third | term, notably General (Grant, victor in .the war between the States, and the late Col. Roosvelt, : Sentiment in the United States has not fa- vored a third term for its presidents, but it was evident that if President Coolidge had offered himself he would have been nominated and probably re-elected, His relinquishing what was more than a chance of a unique honor by his people will confirm the republic's unwritten law that its presidents must take the chief magistrate's oath of office no more than twice. In future, Washington's precedent will be supported by Mr, Coolidge's example, The United States has an unwritten constitution even if it now contains but one definite clause, EDITORIAL NOTES A window dresser is a girl who forgets to pull down the shades. Only a woman can make a fool out of a man or a man out of a fool, ! It takes an optimist to be tickled at what a hard time he is having, Before letting your conscience be your guide be sure you have a conscience, At must be awful to be a neighbour's child because they never will amount to anything, Bit of Verse COMRADES, Sweet comrades, who in earlier days My fondest passion claimed; Subjects of love-inspired lays About your viriues framed: Ab, in those times of youthful rhymes No sweeter names were named! Loved days of old, by love inspired To hopes, ambitions high; Alas, for youthful zeal enfired, That falls when it would fly. But of a truth, some things of youth There are that cannot die. What though Boyhood's ideals be vain Wherewith young years were full; This one of mine doth yet remain Without a change or lull, For you to me will ever be CRUELTY OF TRAPPING {Our Dumb Animals) In no other way does man show such complete indifference of his victims as he does in the fur trade. Fur-bearing animals, many of them, are intelligent enough to require the exercise of man of his highest cunning and perfidy to effect their capture, Yet, in addition to death, they are compelled to undergo suf-: ferings so inhuman as to be utterly unjustified, even if the proceeds of these sacrifices were masses of liv- ing gold instead of a skin. TO CHRCK DESPERADOES (Montreal Herald) A Canadian who travels to Eur- ope, even to the Mother Land, must take out a passport. A Canadian who goes to the United States other than as a tourisy needs a passport. Why not, as a matter of aid to the officers of the law, compel a similac precaution in the case of tourists? Something must certainly be done to prevent the free entrance of American desperadoes, and if a sys- tem of passports is the only way in which to check up on gunmen and murdering adventuresses, then pass- ports it must be, A MARVELOUS SYSTEM (London Daily Express) Sir Robert Baden-Powell, who is now 70 years of age, is threatening to retire. Any man is entitled to re- tire at the age of 70, but jt is to be | hoped that he will waive his privi- | lege for his own sake as well as our | own, | A man who has heen as active as Sir Robert can never retire without dying of boredom. Disraeli said that the youth of a nation are the" trus-| tees of posterity, and Sir Rober has | instituted apd presided over the! most marvelous system ever known for making good trustees, -- | DANGEROUS APATHY i (Montreal Gazette) The attention of the government has been called, on more than one! occasion, and by more than one newspaper to the persisent activities of communists in this country, That the authorities have knowledge of these activities has been shown hy extracts from reports of the depart- | ment of labor on revolutionary or- ganizations in Canada. The connec- tion between these revolutionary | organizations and the parent hody | in Moscow has heen clearly set forth | in these reports, The facts in this! regard 'have heen recorded annually | for a number of years, and yet there | appears to have heen no attempt | made to check the movements, | BIG NAVY FOR V.8, (Hamilton Herald) The U. 8. secretary of the navy is a "big navy" man. Mr. Wilbur | would have the United States mis- | fress of the seas, with the biggest | navy afloat, Not that his country | needs the biggest navy; but it would ! 'he a grand thing to be able to feel that if and when it wanted to, the great American republic could destroy the naval defences of other bowers and place the nations of the tive back of the *big navy" move- ment. So Mr. Wilbur has bug little patience with this disarmament policy which his chief seems to favor. A RAILWAY REVOLUTION (The Globe) The railway of today must many calls and many forms of com- haulage, especially of passengers, the large £Ngine is costly and unhandy The radial railway, the motor bus and | the private car have absorbed much | left to the steam railway. { The adapted gas-electric car of the | Canadian National, which has been | perfected hy months of experiment, | seems now to foreshadow a revolution | in railroading. It has been shown to | possess hoth speed and low cost of operation. Since the trial run from | Montreal to Vancouver in November, 1925, new ideas have heen evolved, and the future of the car is exceeding- ly bright. This type of car will be in- creasingly used on branch lines, where traffic is light, and where al lopg steam train cannot be run at a profit. THE BRITISH ANSWER (The Spectator, London) We hate to ask for credit where it is not given spontaneously, but failure at Geneva will be serious for the world, and we do claim as our due that the United States should give us credit for honest intentions, for really wanting to see armaments gen- erally reduced, and not for suggesting that we want cruisers or whatever it may be unless we have come to an honest conclusion that we need them for proper ends. It is not, and Ameri- cans know that it is not, merely smug British complacency that enables us to claim that British frigates and cruisers have made the seas safe for American trade and the vessels bf weaker nations upon their lawful oc- casions. We do not like claiming this, but Americans demand an an- swer when they ask us why we want 70 cruisers of varying size, draught and so on. We answer that British trade in food and other materials passes over longer sea routes than any other mation's trade and is more yital to the nation's existence; that H. M's navy is not the fleet of Fng- fand only, but the navy of the British Empire, which has vastly more widely scattered needs and duties than have the United States, for all the good work they do in the Philippines, Sand- wich Islands and Samoa. And by all the traditions of common ties and heritage and understanding of FEng- lish-speaking races and by the record of the King's navy, we claim that the United States shall believe that | slamar while {both born in England {village petition, and for some of the lighter | "15 NATURAL ONE Secretary of Agriculivre Jar- dine Not Alarmed Over Drift in U. S. East Lansing, Mich.,, Aug. 4.-- The agricultural "on to the city" movement is a healthy one and nothing to be afraid of, Secretary of | Agriculture Jardine told the Coun- try Life conference here on Monday, "The general movement of hun- dreds of theusands of competent farmers to the cities is a problem demanding increasing attention," he |sald, "But a certain pary of the movement is due to the natural long-time adjustment which always goes on between industrialists and farmers 'and other methods of earn- ing a livelihood, { "It is a healthy movement. Ii need not operate to agriculture's disadvantage. So long as we have adequate production, our main in- terest is to keep on the farm men and women who know and love 'rural life and who are able to con- tribute to its development, "The farmer sometimes mistakes {the so-called advantages of city life and seeks a life of strain, hurry and eity people spend thousands of dollars to create a small bit of natural beauty of things which are the farmer's heritage." BUILDING AT PETERBORO July was one of the largest in re- cent years in regard to the amount of building. At the end of last month the total sum was $541,885, and up to the end of July, 1926, tne amount was $151,153, OBSERVE DIAMOND WEDDING b At their home on McDonald Ave- nue, Belleville, Mr, and Mrs, Humphrey yesterday served the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Humphrey, who is 83 years of age, and Mrs. Hum- phrey, aged 81, enjoying fine health, and are active. 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