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Th Ontario Reformer An independent newspaper published every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Osh. awa, Ganada, by The Reformer Printing and Publish. {ng Company Limited, J. ©. Ross J. Ewart MacKay Geo, A. Martin SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year. United States subscription $1.50 extra to cover postage, Single copies 5c. President Treasurer [Editor - + - - - Ke - alee ew. OSHAWA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1922 CATERING TO THE CHILDREN The Library Board decided upon a step at its meeting last week which will make the institution of greater service to the community, The establish- ment of a children's department, and the decision to generally make the library more useful to the younger generation, by having a children's librarian, is a progressive stride that should soon produce gratifying results, The present building and equipment is not adequate for a town of Oshawa's size, nor is it sufficiently modern. Improvements have been made during the last year. Adoption of the chilhren's department idea, which has been growing in favor throughout the land during the last five or ten years, indicates that the Library Board members mean to progress further. The surest way to have the pres- ent building and equipment extended is for patrons to use it to such an extent that the need will be- come so great it cannot be ignored, The Board decided wisely when it determined to secure as children's librarian a young woman from the High School, who gives premise of adapting her- self to the work, and sending her to Toronto to take the special course given there each summer, A suc- cessful librarian, especially in the children's depart. ment, needs to be a specialist. - Story-telling to the boys and girls, and the guiding of them in their reading and reference work, is a great responsibility, The Library Board is to be commended for this evidence of progress, IS THERE A U.F.0. SLUMP? An editorial appeared in the Toronto Glbbe on Saturday entitled " Is There a U,F.O. Slump ?" The editorial in question was based on one which appeared in a recent issue of The Reformer. The Globe only published a portion of the article, with the result that the extracts selected conveyed a somewhat misleading impression. No doubt space on the editorial page of the Globe is at a premium, and consequently it cannot be expected to publish all that appears in the columns of its contemporaries. Carelessness is the short cut to the cemetery. Don't wait until New Year's Day to make that resolution of " Safety First," President Harding has expressed hid opinion that "'a new era of activity and prosperity is now on the way.' We will welcome her! Weekly the city press chronicles the unveiling of a war memorial in some part of the country, Is Oshawa never to be so included? Judging by the fall crop, there will bg little need of doctors in this vicinity if the old adage proves true that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away.' The use of waste paper in the United States saves that eduntry 300,000 acres of forest lands each year, The by-products of many industries are what pay the dividends. We venture the opinion that no town or small citys in Ontario has better dressed or more attractive window displays than those of the merchants of Oshawa. Some of the windows are very artistic. '"My corn is hurting me," complained a ten-year- old girl the other day on her way home from school. No wonder adults are troubled with their fee when corns are companions of children of tender years. Over 100 cars per day are being exported from the Oshawa plant of the Genegyal Motors, This is in addition to their large domestic trade. The Flint of Canada is a busy place. i Trade relations sometimes result in strange com- binations. Here we see a picture of a German-made airplane, with a British-made Rolls-Royce engine, and it is being operated between Bolshevik Russia and Germany by Bolsheviks, The Organized Farmers in the U.S, want the Government to put more mohey in circulation, They perhaps do not realize that currency inflation means inflation on all prices, and thus"they are no better off than before. The raw recruit whose blanket was too short to cover his feet cut a strip off the top and sewed it on the bottom, but found it was no longer than before. BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY continue in my word, then are ye my disciples in- déed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.--John 8: 31, 32, In this ease, however, we feel that a somewhat fuller quotation from the context would have given an entirely different impression. The Reformer editorial opened with the following paragraph: ""For the most part people of the towns and cities take but passing interest in the controversy being carried on between Premier Drury and Secretary Morrison of the U.F.O0. Whatever sympathies they do express take the side of Premier Drury, who de- sires to "broaden out" the Farmers' Party so as jo include the men and women in the urban centres who hold progressive views."' Then, after giving some fizures about the various U.F.0. activties, we went on to say: ""What do all these things mean, and why should | there be this falling off in all branches of the aetivi- ties associated with the Farmers' Movement? In our opinion it is largely due to the poliey pursued at the head office of the I. F.0. Promises have not become performances. Mr. Morrison and his assoei- ates have torn down but have-not built up. They are destruetive but not eonstruetive. ""No institution, be it a political party, a eo-opera- tive eoncern or anything else, can always thrive on destructive methods and tendencies. There must come a time when destruction turns to eonstruetion, when building up takes the place of tearing down. That has never come about in the U.F.0., with the vesult that the better type of farmers throughout the Provinee are growing weary of the tirades launched by Mr. Morrison and his little group of advisers, and are quitting all aetivities assoeiated with the U.F.O. : "There is also a further reason for the decline of th U. F. O. as managed by Mr. Morrison. He would have the farmers set themselves apart as a distinet economic group. In other words, he would separate into little water tight compartments each class of the eommunity. But the people are learning that city and eountry are dependent upon one another. This country will mot be built up by arousing antagonism between class and elass, but by eo-opera- tion and good Will. ""The foregoing are some reasons why the U.F.O. under Mr. Morrison is going down hill as fast as it ean go, and why the more thoughtful farmers as their like-minded brethren in towns and eities are turning to Premier Drury's "'Broadening-Out" poliéy as a solution of their difficulties." 3 The substance of the editorial was that the ""nar- row" policy of the Morrison Group was causing dissatisfaction in the ranks of the U. F. O. while thie ""broadening™' out policy of Premier Drury was making for success. In other words Mr. Morrison's side of the movement was on the down grade while Premier Drury's part was making for permanence | and stability. We feel sure that The Globe desires to be fair in this matter, consequently we are calling its attention to the context. " ALL LOSS--NO GAIN TRUTH MAKES FREE :--Then said Jesus, If ye | NEW HOG GRADING REGULATIONS $00N These Become Effective Oct. 31, Having Been Approved by Minister Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture, has announced that the new hog grading regulations will come into effect on October 31, The regulations under which the official grading of hogs will be undertaken have been approved as submitted, af- ter final agreement by all interests represented by the Joint Swine Com- mittee, | A new hog grading course is now being taken by a number of men who will have charge of the grading. This innovation will react to the benefit of farmers who breed nothing but the best of stock, Formerly a| farmer sold his hogs by the earload and drovers would often get the hot- t f the deal. Some farmers would ve nothing but A.1. stoek and yet! get but the same price for their pro- | duct that others would get for an in- ferior grade because the hogs were sold by the pound. Under the new | regulations farmers will be able to sell thelr hogs at a good price if] they produce. nothing but the best. | While farmers who produce only fair stock will be paid accordingly as the | price will be regulated by the class | that the hogs are placed in by the | official grader, The new regulations were primar- | ily brought out becavse of the fall. | ing off in the Canadian export mars | ket to Great Britain, The Danes have captur@ a large part of this! market and it is with a view to re-| establishing Canadian bacon in the' good graces of the British publi: that the grading has heen introdue- ed. The new scheme has found favor with all conscientious breeders. Experimental work in ear tagging for co-operative shipping providing! for the identification of individual farmers hogs is in the final stages' of completion and the live stock! commission will announce an im- proved identification mark simul- taneously with the inauguration of) the hog grading, it is said. Skills ado Pursuit of Pleasure Continued from page 1) been decimated," he said. The speaker | then told how in the United States the | people are rapidly losing their Sab bath. In San Francisco, the speaker averred, one half of the city was en- gaged on Sunday in providing amuse- ments for the other half. Scotland and England are facing the same problems, In conclusion the speaker exhorted his hearers to strive to have the Sab- bath maintained. "It has," he said, "been handed down to us from our forefathers as a glorious heritage, and' {we must in turn hand it to our child- ren." At King Street Church Declaring that if we were faithful to God's stewardships continuously, (Acton Free Press) Computing the loss in wages to miners, the loss in legitimate profits to the operators, the loss in revenues to railways, and the inereased east of coal to consumers, the most conservative estimate places the eost of the coal strike at $1,100,000,000. And who gained anything by the strike? IT OUGHT TO HELP (Manitoba Free Press) ""One can look at the western harvest from any point he likes, but the fact remains that there are half a million dollars of new money dug out of the earth. That ought to greatly help business.' LAW AND LICENSE (The Australian) Licensing legislation has beeome a political bogey, for no sufficient 'reason. If legislators will keep in view the fact that in the control of the liquor trade, as of every other trade, the first essential is to meet the public convenience, reform will be mueh more effectual. Mrs. A.: "Is it true that your son holds the appointment of warder in a gaol ?"' Mrs. B.: "Yes, but only eriminals of good family are imprisoned there."' Young Lady --**Were you pleased with the new school, little boy °° Little Boy--*"Naw! Dey made me wash me face an' when I went home de dorg bit me 'cause he didn't know me."'--The Antidote (Peekskill). | HIS MOTHER'S FAITH They said he would never amount to. much, Bat his mother said he would ; That he never could set the river on fire. But his mother said he eould. They said of beauty he had not a trace, Bat his mother vowed he had ; When they talked of future men of state She lovingly looked at her lad. And it happened, as months and years went by, This lad who was awkward and dull and shy, Who never could set the river on fire, Attained the goal of her heart's desire, : | And he gave glad thanks, with eyes that were dim, Beeause of his mother's faith in him. i our lives will be prolonged for from | twenty-five to seventy-five per cent, {for usefulness to our fellow beings, |Rev. W. H. Garnham. of Toronto, | speaking in 'King Street Methodist Church Sunday evening in the inter- {ests of the Lord's Day Alliance, deliv- |ered an interesting and instructive dis- course. Rev. Mr. Garnham is serving {his forty-third year in the Methodist | ministry, having occupied a prominent place in the Methodist Church for | many years. | "There are many who wear them- selves out prematurely by not taking { proper rest," Mr. Garnham said. "One day in seven has been set aside that ithe mind may be taken away from | work and worry. Worry does no one |any good. It is worse than work. We have been endowed with strength to procure the necessities of ife, but if we trust in Jesus Christ he will do his share in providing for us. It is mot! the weight or height of our bodies which counts but the development of our minds. There are privileges avail- | able for mental development, such as schools, colleges, etc. but further than | that there must be development of the | soul." | "We have all been guilty at some | time or other," continued the speaker, | "of wasting His goods in some way. | The time will come sooner or : | when we have to face the con- | sequences. There is only one solution {and that is to make a full confession !to Him. It at the end of our lives. | He will say to us "Well done, thou good | and faithful servant, it will be a Dominion of Canada." BETHESDA Mrs. E. V. Hoar spent several days | this week at her former home near] Enniskillen. Mr. Gotten, of Toronto, bought quantities of Ben Davis apples in this district on Wednesday. | Mr. Reginald Waugh has come from Toronto to spend a week's hol- | iday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Lock, an agreeable' apple packing. Rev. W. T. Wickett is taking the anniversary services at Scugog Ie --Floremce Jones Hadley. A. {im mew district One-two-eight-o. All you have to do is to call this number, and any of the thousand and one Simpson sales opportunities appearing in the Toronto Papers are yours for the taking. How often have you wished that, by some magical aid, you could just sit at your telephone, and with unrestricted selection, order some article of apparel or household need offered at a saving in the Toronto Papers--without wasting time waiting for deliveries or being burdened with the additional shipping charges associated with the out-of-town system of ordering. AT YOUR SERVICE Toronto Householders keep the Simpson telephone lines buzzing and they, indeed, enjoy a thoroughly satisfactory and prompt service. WHY NOT YOU? The Oshawa Branch has three direct lines and is equipped to handle large volumes of business, backed up by the usual Simpson- guarantee of satisfaction. 5 The Robert TELEPHONE 1280 SIMPSON Compamy Limited Dale Annexation (Continued from pa'e i) fees as the residents of any other part of the Township. Such balance as may be owing by the Township to the Police Village, at the end of the year will be paid over to the Town and the Town will settle and pay the outstand- ing debts of the Police Village, which were estimated to be nominal, if any at all. Local Improvements As to local improvement works, con- structed by the Township in the area to be annexed, the agreement provides , that the Town levy upon and collect from the properties fronting on such, local improvements the amounts nec- essary to defray the properties own- ers' share of the cost of such local im- | provements and remit the same to the Township to enable the Township to meet the maturing debentures for the same. The Town also will bé called upon to pay the proportion that the assessment of the area to be annexed bears to the assessment of the whole Township, of such amounts as the Township may be obliged to pay on account of its guarantee to the Hydro Electric Power Commission in connec- tion with the Brooklin Power Line, but it was felt that the possibility of this contingency arising was indeed extremely remote. Will be New Ward In order that the residents of the new district may have representation on the Town Council, it will be provi ded that the area would constitute a new ward of the Town amd have re presentatives on the Council as the other wards of the Town. Nomina- tions will be held in the mew ward jon the last Monday of January, 1922, | and if an election becomes mecessary, an election will be held on the first Monday of February of that year. It was encouraging to observe that higher homor than to be chosen Kin-|all of the representatives present real- ance Minister or even Premier of the |ized the desirability of having the dis- trict annexed to the Town and of | giving and taking in the matter of terms so that this could be brought about. And furthermore all {many things to be dome and jit will | equire the efforts of all parties cou- | No further definite steps can be taken | the matter until the terms and de- waship of Bast Whitby. Fal- 1 lowing this procedure an application has to be made to the Ontario Rail- way and Municipal Board for an or- der to take effect upon a day to be named by the Board annexing the ar- ea to the Town on the terms and con- ditions that have been agreed upon. Although there is only a little over two months of the year left in which to complete all this work, it was felt by all the representatives present that | it can be effected, particularly 't the Council of Oshawa passe? the fasolu- tion without too much delay and if the required petition is readily signed by the majority of the electors in the dis- trict. Mayor Stacey promised the active assistance of the Town officials in pre- paring the necessary details and data and Mr. Purvis, the Township clerk. expressed his entire willingness to co- operate in working out the details from the Township's end of the ma'- ter and its records. The redraftiag of the agreement with such altera- tions as were made at the meeting, the determination of the area to ne annexed and the compilation of the necessary data were left in the hands of Mr. Conant, who, it was understood, will submit the entire matter as soon as completed, to another meeting of the same representatives before it is formally considered by the Town Council and the Municipal electors of the area to be annexed. LISZT'S KINDNESS The munificence of Liszt was well known. He discovered the fun of giving early in life, and there were literally thousands who had reason to be grateful to the famous pianist | for his charity. | It is said that when Liszt was in | Paris he was seen one day holding the broom of a crossing sweeper. It | was in the days before street clean- ing departments were established. Men or boys commanded certain cor- ners, which they kept clean to per- | mit passage over: the street, and therefore expected a gratuity. Liszt tound himself without change and | not wanting to forget the street sweeper held his broom while the | fellow went off to change a five- frane coin. When he returned Liszt | handed over the broom and gave the i boy his tip. Victory Bond Coupons due, your interest coupons W on Victory Bonds become deposit them in a Savings Account in the Bank of Montreal, where interest is paid on all de- posits of One Dollar and Upwards. Mood Ofice: Moses Branches iin all Important Centres in Canada Savings Departments in all Branches of Montreal Established Over 100 Years ed at any of our branches. Our monthly list of offerings will be sent on reguest. am THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE PAID-UP CAPITAL RESERVE FUND 5.000000 Ho 5,000,000 OSHAWA BRAXCH, H. E. Tylor, Manager. rl