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aa --~ I A PMS PAGE TWO The Ontario Beformer (Established in 1871) An independent néwspaper pub- lished every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Oshawa, Canada, by The Reformer Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Charles M., Mundy, Presi- dent, Managing Director and Treas- urer; A. R. Alloway, Assistant Man- ager. GEO. A, MARTIN «= « Bditor SURSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier In Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year, United States subscriptions $1.50 extra to cover postage, Single copies 6 cents, OF IAWA, TUESDAY, MARCH 7. TEMPERANCE SENTIMENT IS BEING UNDERMINED BY SPOTTERS' TACTICS A few days ago George O'Neill, of Toronto, Canadian manager of the United Hotel Company, Ltd., speak- ing at a convention of hotel keep-. ers held in Quebec, predicted that within a year Ontario would return to what he styled in effect, a sane view with regard to the sale of li- quor. This prediction should be brushed aside lightly, because it comes from a man who i8 at the head of his professiop in Canada, who is the manager of some of the largest hotels in this country, and who is a close student of human na- tus. Why is there the change in the attitude of people toward prohibi- tion whieh-Mr.-O'Neill,.-and many others, claim to detect? Many, who will not agree with Mr. O'Neill, that there will be a change In the liguor jaws in Ontario within a year, will cdmit there 1s a change in gentiment on the part of the public. Why is there this change? 'This veering sentiment should be taicen as a danger signal by the tem- ance forces of this province. They shou!d place their finger on the thing that is causing a reaction of pubiic opinion. By doing so is the oniv way in which it can be check- ed. Once the cause for the change detected remedial steps may be Is the change quietly taking place 1se people who never tasted li- in the old days, and who voted hibition, have since become to its use? Not at all. Yet there ¢ many people to-day who voted for prohibition who would vote differently If there were another re- ferendum to-morrow. What, then, is the reason for this The Reformer believes that it is almost entirely due to the methods being employed by the Drury Government and the Board of Licenses Commissioners to en- force the Ontario Temperance Act. Oshawa residents had an example last week of some of the methods which are bringing the O. T. A. in- to disrepute in the province. Is local taxi driver was fined $200 and costs on the evidence of Lwo *'spot- ters", or special officers. the name with which Hon. Mr. Raney seeks te dignify them The tactics used by these whiskey slcuths are to be con- demned most vehemently. ing to the evidence in police court they finally were given a cupful of cider each after they had repeatedly coaxed the taxi driver for it. And when they settled for the night's trips they were charged $1. They swore that they had paid 50 cents for the cider secured in the taxi driver's own home and 50 cents for They denied that they were under the influence of liquor, and vet if they were sober they would surely know tliat rhe fee of §1 was cheaper than is usually col- lected for taxi serviee. without hay- ing a drink of cider given as well. The License Board ha: all it ear do to prosecute men and wowen peddling liguor without sending out individuals ie iry and trap the innocent into. ua technical change? taxi service wao are " breach of an act. The use of "spotters," who ecan only hold their jobs by securing con- victions against people, has eauseo reptated protests from different parts of the province. Ewen Crown prosecutors in courts of this prov- ince have denounced with all the vehemence at their command, ana sometimes more forceful gaan elo- quent, the tactics of the "special of- ficers'" used by the Board of License Commissioners to enforce the O.T.A. The tactics used by these "spot: ters" have disgusted many temper- ance people. Instead of urging up- on the government amendments to make the law more stringent, the temperance forces might better tel the Government to stop undermin- ing prohibtion sentiment in Omtario by continuing the muse of existing methods in enforeing the O.T.A. VIEWED AS WEAKNESS Hamilton Spectator: Great' Brit- ain's abolishment of the protector- ate of Egypt %s magnanimous, but only in line with its treatment of ireland. But, as in the latter case, it is doubtful if it will receive the full approval of this mnew African state. Too often such eoncessions are viewed as an evidence of weak- ness that prompts further demands. i Accord- | OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1922 EDITORIAL COMMENT 0. ig aids SU WIE We aT A off. + Easter is late this year, but we have noticed many women are not Complaints Made to the Town deferring wearhig spring bennets Engineer -- Might Be until the fashion parade, which usu. Levelled / ally takes place at this time. ; [ Complaints were lodged yester- It is said that if a coal strike is |day hg the Town Shfineer gi several membera of the C . fatiea i Re Fire] tates in Avi garding the almost impassable con- vy n ne Workers ditian of Bond Street west since the America it may extend to Canada. thaw set in, The water and mud is Who cares with spring so near? | running over the south side of the an sidewalk, into Ward's garage, and k {pedestrians find navigation impossi- ® n The New York man, Dr. Fran . | lin Prince, who left yesterday to n-| The street last year was dug up to vestigate the reported activities of put in Mig sevey Josigned a : relieve cellar flooding in oe fpeoke in a Nova Soptla' house, ls tions of the town. In the middle of taking a platoon of reporters and... summer a largely signed petl- photographers 'with him. That's tian was presented to the Counell iit wag found that the Toronto & Pastern 'Rallway Company, who |have tracks on the wtreet, would P. C. Larkin was given an enthus- have to contribute considerable of instic send-off hy representative bus- the paving cost, as brick would have iness men on Saturday night, [ry to be laid on each side of the track. all the appointments made hy the 'yay Company. A reply was received King Government are as satisfactory that the road was owned by the De- as that of the High Commisaloner- minion Government, and that as ne- Iship the country will be indeed for. |sotiutiond were now under way to tunate. hurglar. ' Commission, nothing would he don + -- regarding the paying of pavement WH oT ¢nsts at the present time. The work AT HERS SAY 'was therefore held up. A sugges- YET TO BE SEEN {he scraped and levelled, there would Buffalo Express: Now can the|be a decide Improvement, as many mixed populations of Egypt, divid- cars of gravel were spread on it not ed on religious as well as racial 50 long ago. lines, develop enough national con- sciousness to be successful? MARGOT ON BIRKENHEAD Lecture at Ottawa: Mrs. As- quith had noticed attacks by Win- ston Churchill and Legislature (Continued from pag: |) Yeas -- Morris, Mason, liuhbell, Lord Birken-| Johnston, Alger, Hill, Preston, Stan- head. Both were remarkably clev-iion, Hall and Brown.. --10 er and good tempered but they | lacked conviction. Mr. Churchill fatt and Hawkes. --5. had not grown up and was no older | Rate Increase Necessary than the first day she saw him, Lord, myo water Commission will he Birkenhead was different. He had advised at once. of the Council's de- improved, was a great friend, and 8 0550 It will be necessary for the S---------- : fortheoming this year, to make a SNEERS AT EMPIRE 'slight increase in the rates, becaus London Daily Telegraph: The even If the Legislature does pass ignorant agitator, anxious to tickle [the equalization bill this session the ears of equally ignorant hear- ers, still gneers at the world "Em-!sessment rqll being made to make pire," but increasingly men and wo- it operative this year. men of understanding here and over-|cgn 8gaip ba reduced lshould the seas are realizing that it stands for equalization plan provide the rev- something new and strange and enue required by the Commission. wonderful in the dreams of those The Point at Issue whose eyes are set on the credtion [fn the discussion whicn preceeced of a better and happier world than ihe important decision of the Coun- past generations knew, with itslel), most of the Councillors were quarrels and wars, its periodic) out-'agreed that some equalization of bursts of violence, accompanied by rates should he made, but the con- colossal sacrifices of life and treas- [tentious clause was that providing ure. The historical student of the !a charge of 7%ec. a foot for old on the growth of this world-Em- the local improvement plan. Some pire as furnishing the first example held out for the adoption of Coun. of a League of Nations based community of interests and aims, ©d more time to eonsider the whole and standing, above all else, for a guestion, while the majority, as is brotherhood of service, shown by the vote, favored a un- 4 property. The debate was follow- ed with great interest by a large number of ratepayers present, and applause gnd stamping of feet were {quite frequent when some councilor scored a popular point. PRESBYTERY 18 IN SESSION HERE ==" = Many Important Questions Will by resolution of Council at the spec- . ial meeting last Tuesday on the re- Be Discussed at This sult of the conference of the Fimance Gathering and Citizens' Committees and the : Water Commission, the committee, The Presbytery of Whitby .is in |before the resolution which carried sossion to-day in Oshawa Presbyter- Was introduced, simply reported ian Church, with a large docket of [briefly that a meeting held to con- they were unable to reagh any de- tar " cision. This brief report came ds djs. The delegates present' OTE Us pes Whe Bod eapace Rev J. R. Fraser, W. RadcMffe ¢d to hear what had been dome at Breoklin; Rev. D. W. Best, Bow- the joipt meeting. manville; Rev. J. F. Clugston, J.| Mayor Stacey offered an explana- Allison, Dunbarton: Rev. 8. J. Me- tion. The committee bad met and Cormick, Newcastle; Rev. J. w. [there was a tie. Some other person Rae, clerk of Presbytery, Oromo; Should meke a report. Se far as Rev. P. I. Gardiner, Pickering; Rey,:Ne Was concerned the question be- important church questions to be " _|one third of the people auld pay i Rey. 3. W. E rine. Li $8,400 on fromtage tax' for water Dr. McGillivray, Whitby; Rev, McD, [mains and the other two thirds pay Haig, Ashburn: Rev. Geo. Yule, Rov, nothing. Did the Council wish to v. T. Kupezynisky, J. C. Young, Osh- equalize the rates or leave the mat- hilly ter alone? . rhie This afternoon it is expeeted the oe SL PnciL ol bis Fesoluion which Presbytery statistical report will be uty-Reeve Mason argued that the tabled, showing the budget givings question to be fairly decided was of all congregations im the Presby- whether the Council was to equalize try. Among the subjects to be dis- the water rates for everybody or cussed during the session are the for the one third who were users of minimum stipend for ministers, the water from mains for which they report of the committee on general church interests, appointmept of commissioners to the Gemeral As- sewbly, Church Union, Home and Foreign Missions. {charge a uniform rate for all of 7c. Rev. E. Turkington, of Whithy, Te the to charge 7%ec. ior Moderator, is presiding. 'mains laid in Wuture under local improvement system, he thought IN EARLY MARCH there could be no objection as it was A few lone snowflakes linger on the just and fair. bough; in the past few years had cost Plaintiff the music of the cold gray jan abnormal figure because of ab- wind; prevailing. Why The edges of the sky are umnde- made to pay a fined, For white mists blur the bill's wood crested brow. Silvery pale the moon that rises now Shines on a scene where sorrow i | seems enshrined; Beauty les sleeping--all for which we pined When the late husbandman put by the plow. 1 11 whether he would of OF he would not, as the answer would be im the negative. -reeve questioned if bill committee of the steadfast ray > |Legislature would approve any bill Till all the opening paths are lo- ghat did mot provide that an equit- rified; rate should be paid by all.' if we but keep a vision of the spring! Coun. Rowe asked Deputy-Reewe Within our hearts, though desol- Magon if there would be a further ate the way, increase should the Water Commis- We 'sense a loveliness that has |gsion find that the revenue from the never died. , plan was Yet presaged joys their meed solace bring; Hope's beacon glimmers with 2 ine pri Flizabeth Scollard [the chances were remote that the like taking a hrass hand to catch a asking to have the street paved, hut sell it to the Hydro Electric Power ition is made that if the street could! Nays -- Trick, Burns, Rowe, Mot- | likeable fellow, but he was not real- ~ommigsion, in order to raise the ly éonvinced of any particular thing. (434itional revenue which must be! time will not permit, of a new as-! The rates future will put his finger unerringly mains laid prior to the adoption of on |Moffatt's amendment, others want- iform rate for every main abutting business to be transacted and many isder the equalization of water rates, | J. T. Hall. J. G. Waddell, Port Per. (Tore the Council was pie hor or not | i proposed equalization not Clinton Scollard sufficient. Mr. Mason replied that | AT THE REGENT ednesday and Thursday | | frontage tax would again be raised. A letter was despatched to the Raii- The other alternative of course was ture. {to raise the rates, but to this the !Commission was opposed. The de-| crease in operating expenses and the \Inerease in water consumption would, he thought, reduce the de- fieit Lo five or six thousand. Coun. Moffatt held that the orig- inal motion to equalize the water 'rates wag introduced into the Coun- cil at a time when several members knew nothing about the matter. Ie objected to the manner in which fhe whole question was heing handled, 'jereating an impression that it was heing rallroaded through. Coun, 'Moffatt asked why the Council did 'not carry out the agreement as de. elded on at the special meeting Coun. Barns quoted figures he got' from the waterwors engineer to show that under the present system the L. K., Steel Company as an ex- ample was paying §79 for a front- age tax and under the new system they would pay $2. He was told also hy the engineer that the water consumption would be larger th:z year, and that there would not he a deficit as was expected. fe held that inasmuch as the general pub lfe had voted years ago to adopt the system of construeting mains at the fteneral expense of the town, the Couneil was exceeding its day in seeking to change that decision Would Trust the People Coun. Trick tock the stand, as on former occasions, that the original decisionto submit the claygse to charge a frontage tax on water mains laid previous to the introdac- tion of the local improvement sys tem should he adhered to, and to any other plan he was opposed. He charged that while the ratepayers at Lheir meeting a few weeks ago had appointed a citizens' commitiee 10 meet the Council and Water Com mission, notice of the meeting was sent to the Finance Committee, and not to the Council, simply because it. was desirous tisat the whole (oun-| cil should not be made familiar with | the propesals. A -- = The mayor replied that any eit was willing, by temporary measures. | to assist the Council to financed this | vear, and would raise the rate: | April 1st until such time definite arrangements were made to take | care ofr the deficit or until whatever legislation was secured hecame op- erative. Mayor Stacey told the Council that if the equalized rates werd obh- tained it would take care of the deficit. He did not favor the idea of asking a man to, vote on what he would pay towards the taxes of (he town. The money had to be raised [que he could see no reason why this question, mere than any other, {be submitted to the people. He again 'affirmed that he would not care to 0 before the Legislature with a bill which provided other than equitable rates for everybody. Coun. Trick explained that he haa ro desire jo yrevent Mr. Conam from addressing the Ccuneil at any time, but he considered that he wa lout of order in asking to speak when (there was a motion and an amend. i:nent hefore the house, + Coun. Alger aaked if the peopl 'wenld have any recourse hefors tiv Legislature if the Council passed Mr Mason's motion. izen opposed to the hill conld voice {that opposition before the Legisla Says Meeting Blocked Coun. Brown enlivened the pro cendings hy charging that the pro gress of the meeting was heing {blocked hy several who were op- posed to paying for something they 'were justly entitled to pay. He was sick of listening to the argument: presented by such persens. He em nhasized strongly that pecple whe | had in the past paid nothing for their water mains should be made 10 do their duty now and not leave the burden on the shoulders of a lew { Caun. Hawke: wanted more (to ecnsider the whele matter could see no object in rushing through Personally he thought that people in the centre of the town | would henefit by te proposed equal ization plan. People in the inside | were not only paying their own share, but a portion of the other Coun. Preston cited severgl i regularities whieh, if righted, would bring more revenue to the water- | works system, and enable the system | to correct itself of its own evils. He | mentioned one instance where 966 | feet of pipe was laid on Nassan Mt to serve two houses, Coun. Morris, who had been quiet | all during the discussion, before tie | final vote was taken congratulated the Council for the splend@N. manner iin which they had discussed an im-! There shou rortant question bave been several meetings li} thin tv 'e thought, so that all might clea understand the question hefore (he Council. . He was convinced that! 'he Council was on the right trace in favoring equalized rates for all Coun. Morris said that he would not mind owning the waterworks system himself, PETE SIMONS AGAIN FACES O.T.A. BREACH While metoring quietly along | Coun. Trick remind-| Chestnut' Street in Toronto yesterday | ed Mr. Mason that he wasthe mover| afternoon, License Inspector M of the motion 10 submit the ghird clause of the bill to the people. Then at the special meting last week an effort was made to spring a motion the very oposite No report had been received from the Finance Com- mittee yet, and he held that the bil) had no right to go to the Legisla- ture. There was nothing fair about it, and there must he something wrong if the committee were afra'e to trust the people. The large vote polled in all wards in favor of the Westmount sewer, Coun. Trick stat- ed, showed that the people wanted to be fair. Personally he did not (care what the bill provided. but he preferred to let the people decile why one clause alone should be sub- mitted to the people. He "argued that, the equalization plan as cug-, gested in the motion of Mr. Mascn | which he had seconded, was only! falr and fst. Why should people | pow paying for water service have| to pay frontage tax as well, wh! others had only the water tc pay | for? People in the inside should! {pay as much as those in the outside. | i Coun. Hall's remarks called forth | applause from the audience. and {hel {mayor called for order. i , Coun. Stanton expressed himself! jas favoring am equitable rate for all} water mains, old or new. He point- ed out that not only those who hac paid frontage tax since 1917 had al-| 80 paid in the general taxes all that | the othery had paid who had no! {frontage tax. There had been an injustice done to these people ana' the Council should compensate them in some way. The 7%¢. rate he be- lieved was as fair as possible, while it would work no hardship to those who bad paid nothing prior 10 1917. The Council must remove the in-| {justice from the minority. H | At this juncture Chairman Conant approached the Cowneil to speak. and was told by Ceun. Trick that he | had no business to interfere whew {this was a Council and not a Water | {Commission meeting. | Chorus of voices from the rate-| |payers--"Let him speak." ! {" Coun. Trick--""We are the Coun-| (eil." er . 1 | Chorus of voices from the rate- | payers--"We are the people, let him speak." Mr. Conant Speaks Deputy-Reeve Mason arose when ' the little npise had subsided and moved that Mr. Conart be heara.' The mayor put the motion and it' carried. Coun. Trick told His Wor-, ship that he was trying his little | nonsense again. { Mr. Conant stated. that he had no! desire to interfere with the Council | but simply wanted to make his pos- | ition clear as chairman of the Water | Commis€ion. He stated that the Commission was not concerned how the Council raised the money to meet | the deficit, but und the Pubfic Utilities Act, under ich the Com- mission operated. they were empow- | ered to raise the rates as they saw fit, a step, however, which they did; {pot wish to take. The Commission, Coun. Hall could see no reason chaneed to see one. Pete Simons, fo whose arrest the Ispector lLeld warrant Jumping ont of the ear he was about to ask Pete to have a ride back to Oshawa when the lat-| ter left his lady companion and | headed for Elizabeth Street, where | he was overtaken by the fleet-footed | Inspecior and placed under arrest | Pete accompanied the Inspector | home last evening and in Police Court this morning he was charged | with selling liquor. This is the fifth | offence against the Ontario Temper- | ance Act with which Simons has | been charged and on the four prey icus occasions convictions were re-| gistered ' Coneerf and Dance Town Hall, Whitby Ben Hokea Hawaiian Orchestra WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 Starring MR. 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