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: THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1929 pping Week To Build Up Trade Within Empire F viendliness Between Countries Of the British Empire Keystone Which EmpireWeeki isF adel It is probably correct to say that one cannot get a proper background for Empire Shopping Week in Can- ada without paying considerable at- tention 'to the fact that general con- ditions in Canada over a long period are more stable and sound than in many other countries, largely due to the fact that many of her people are of British stock, or are strongly affected by British traditions, deep- ened and improved by long resi- dence in Canada perhaps, in cases, for three or more generations, No excuse is needed by any Cana- dians for holding strongly to the view that the type of eivilization and its promise of development as shown in countries of the British Empire is one that Canadians desire to encou- rage! It is simply a natural and right thing for a Canadian or any other British citizen to do. No Offence to U.S, It is suggested occasionally that an attitude of this sort may in some way offend the susceptibilities of our great friends and neighbours to the South. How can it when they to a great extent share the same tradi- tions modified by North American spaciousness and freedom which Can- 'ada shares with them, but modified too by many elements which the most Joyal citizens of the United States themselves would say do not tend to raise the average of their civiliza- tion. Does that not make it all the more desirable for those who respect Canada to see that her more purely British and Canadian civilization is maintained ? Then, in purely trade matters, we all recognize that there must be very extensive business transactions be- tween Canada and the United States. Many things, because of convenience, because of cheapness, because of amplitude of supply, will always find their way back and forward across the border. Certainly no attempt is being made to upset économie laws. No country is more strongly seized of the idea of protecting its own in- dustriés and encouraging the pur- chase of goods made at home than is the United States. Howéveér, the people of British countries through- You Can Always Rely on the Finest of Drug Store Products Made in the Empire at Karn's Drug Store Next P.O. Phone 378 out the Empire practically 'without | some éxception because of their intimate political association with one Another and because of the feeling of kinship arising out of that association of interest, exert a pref- erence for goods produced or made in their own country and in other parts of the Empire. In Line with Sentimen That makes Empire Shopping Week in Canada come right into line with the public feeling throughout the Empire. Canada is part of the Empire. She likes to be. She can benefit as greatly ftom the operations of Empire Shopping Week in Canada as her people or any other people engaged in producing goods in Can- ada and the rest.of the Empire care to do without trespassing one iota on good taste or injuring the good rela- tions existing in any part of the world. We are simply. exercising a natural right in a natural way. The pupils in many schools in Can- ada are going to be told to-day something about Empire Shopping Week in Canada. The purpose of Empire Shopping Week in Canada is to bring to evérybody's attention dur- ing 'the week of 25th May to June 1st and before and after, all of the various products that are made in Great Britain, Canada, and other parts of thé Empire and some of the underlying motives relative to trade. 'When the Empire Shopping Week comes along and the "products of various countriés of the Empire are displayed in the stores, they will know something about them and will have special occasion to see how much is made in their own country, Canada. Some Early Considerstions If we weré privileged on this planet to have a visit frony an inhabi- tant of another planet where geogra- phical and economic conditions are not even remotely similar, our visi- tor would not be long in Canada be- fore he detected the distinguishing features of thé countryside which we usually describe as urban and rural. "What is it," he says, "causes peo- ple to gather together in towns and citiés? I must say that from a dis- tance the country places look more attractive." A friendly guide ex- plains that in order to carry on com. some power given them, that forces them 'to develop their minds. That power found one expression in mak- and | ing early man compose a series of sounds made by his vocal organs which enabled him to communicate his ideas to his neighbours. We call it speech. Then he wanted to com- municate with some one at a great distance who couldn't come to him. It couldn't be done. This happened 80 oftem ages ago that he developed a system of marks or signs that he could scrape on a stone or finally scratch on a piece of skin. We call [it writing. Then people by using their minds freely in speech and in writing, found themselves able to express more and more thoughts and better and better thoughts. As these great thoughts were remembered from speeches or written in some pre- servable form, théy were used over and over again by thousands of peo- ple and that prompted them to still greater effort. And so education be- gan. And at first it' was only open to people of considerable leisure and means or of distinguished aptitude. "The facilities of education were extended, too, largely by that urge to develop the mind. People tried to find out héw much they could know, and became in themsélvés great sources of information and the ex- tent of their knowledge excited the curiosity of others to know. And so éducation continued. "And as man is a practical being, the 'result of his education and. de- velopment of mind was, in one di- rection, the production of the print- ing press, which released millions of copiés of books and printed papers where one existed before. In an- other direction it resulted in voy- ages of discovery for new territoriés, new trade or new ways of reaching old places. It resulted in the dis- covery of laws of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and scores of othér sciences. It resulted in the discovery of steam and electricity as man and machine developed sources of physical power. It resulted in the development of machines to do from ten to a thousand men's work at les- sened cost. It resulted in the ap- plicgtion of new laws to old forces, thus producing the telephone, the 'motion pictures, wireless telegraphy merce, industry and finance ry for the provision: of food, clothing; shelter, for almost all the people both in country. and city and for the pro- duction of materials, machinery. and duce wealth from the land and all other natural resources, trained peo- ple éngaged in commercial, financial and industrial work came together and made their livelihood in towns and cities under managément which enabled thém to work effectively to- gether in great and small groups on the production of required goods and to facilitate the convenient distribu- tion of the goods so produced, and all other classes of goods requiréd within the district or from one side of the country to the other. "But is it worth having all that smoke and all those huge buildings and that congested and dangerous trafic in order to produce and dis- tribute those goods and to help péo- ple maké money?" our visitor asks. "Wouldn't it be better if everybody just lived a simple life, grew his own food, built his own house, made his own clothes, and provided his own education. and amusément?" "Well, that sounds simple and attrac: tive," his guide replies, "but it also conveys a picture of how ancient when life was less complicated 'and more nearly physical than it is now." "The men on this planet have FELT.BROS. Companionship As the modern bride and goon are companions, so ine Orange gin Qegign --are companions in sty] and beauty and Sui eant of the companionship they betoken We will delight in show- ing them to you as Ameri- _ca's finest and smartest ring creations. Established 1886 Rings--in the Genu- h the years. 12 Simeoe St South OSHAWA, ONT. equipment to enable people to' pro- tribes lived thousands of years ago, and telephony, the internal combus- tion engine, the radio, television, the electrical robot. And all these any many. other inventions and discov- eries meant new creations of wealth for someone and its wider diffysion, with still greater educative effects as a consequence. Results of this kind create the real truth underlying the aphorism that brains are the cheap- est commodity in the world. Education and Wealth "Education and increased wealth production at recurring intervals re- sulted in the development of high forms of art which we call music, painting, sculpture, architecture, lit- erature and public speaking.; "Education resulted, in another di- reétion, in enabling man to dévelop codes of law and ethics to govern first, his family, then a village, a tribe, a race, a country with diverse populations, then Empires, then glim- merings of international governance, then the League of Nations, in em- bryo, a prospéctive controller of in: térnational relationships. "And education is still going on. By reason of increased and more diffused wealth, and the continued presence of the educative urge, edu- cation is now open to anyone, rich and poor alike. There are children "going to school" to-day who will 'confer benefits on all mankind by future inventions and discoveries and many other forms of mental activity." Education and Life "When you look us over a bit more in all parts of the world," continues the guide, "you may be confused a little since all these things are go- ing on at the same time in differant countries and sometimes in the same country, because the educational force has not expended itself equally among' all peoples." "That is all very fine and very in- teresting, but haven't wé got a little away from the commerce, industries; and finance in the cities and towns?" asks our visitor, "No, really, we haven't," replies the guide, "for though you see tall chimneys, sky- s¢rapers, noble architectural piles, and huge buildings of forbidding as- pect, you may be sure that some phase or combination of these aca- demic and practical educative forces is in operation in every one of them. Commerce, industry, and finance in themselves are courses of education that, vigourously, in a manner forced by competition, or gently, yielded to by incinlation, do lead men out to improve what they are making or doing and thus make their product more effective for the purpose it serves. You will find the exemplars of the best of our race in the build- gs, large and small, in the univer ities and the cathedrals which are the product of that background of well-used wealth production, ' You will find some exemplars in rural communities, but you will also find that their background, in its final analysis hds the same cause. It is true that very degraded samples of mankind are also.found in cities and towns, but it is also true that there is depravity as deep in humankind living in the most rural surround- ings. That is a commentary on hu- man folly and failure, rather than on the gort of place they live in. Control of Wealth "Well, that seems to be established pretty firmly," says our visitor, but how is it that the ultimate sources of wealth séem to be distributed fairly well over the whole country yet the actual control of great blocks of it is centred in the cities and towns?" The guide responds: "That condition arises from the development of a a La ND NI Bl SOG 55 i very intricate and intensive com- 'light, or a doctor to fin ténsive | commercial and financial ; grasp financial laws by the exercise of their skill to put this control at the dis posal of great commercial and finan. cial organjza om, directed by groups of people in adminis tration and wéll informed respecting many other conditions. Tus is one Tavis of 'the, specialization of educa- on. "The same urge that causes a far- mer to grow prize seed wheat, prize cattle and horses or to have the best general farm in the district, or that causes an agronomist to develop a more productive grain, or a physicist to discover some new property of a remedy for disease, or-a missionary to go to heathen lands, that same urge to de- velop the mind is the ultimate caupe of this specialization in commerce and finance, yhieh, perhaps, for the moment seem to carry rewards in terms of money that are dispropor- tionate to the services they render, but which also carry responsibilities for material development and respon- sibilities of a moral character which outweigh the apparent disproportion in terms of actual physical wealth, The question of real importance to the man and to the community is the use to which that wealth is put. Proper Use of Wealth "You see," the guide continues, "all this physical Wealth and the credit it creates is kept as constantly at work as energetic minds can find places for its use and as reasonable preser- vation of its safety will allow. Its use procures lumbering operations in the woods, the harnessing of the rivers for power, paper mills and mines in remote districts, fishing op- erations on the rivers, ldkes and oceans, the running of thousands of mills. and commercial enterprisés in cities, towns and villages, the plant- movement throughout the country and the ingress and egress of all our domestic, import and export trade. "The proper use of wealth also procures the creation of physical as- sets of all types, which are taxable by municipal, provincial and domin- ion governments, and produce huge revenues to forward government-con- trolled functions, the administration of justice, the building and mainten. ance of roads, canals, the carrying of mail, the provision of ' lights and lighthouses for the guidance of mar- iners and fishermen, the establish- ment of public schools, secondary schools, agricultural colleges, experi- mental farms, universities and many other public institutions. It procures the provision of the surplus funds for 'the purchase of works of art, for minor-and major benefactions to private schools, colleges and univer. sities, hospitals, churches and other social and religious institutions. It procures livelihood to millions of workers, homes for their families, amusement, food, clothes, and educa- tion for parents, children and depen- dents, good markets for the products of the farm, forest, fisheries, mines, in the cities and" towns and else- where, as also for many classes of raw material requiring further pro- duction before being suitable for hu- man use or consumption," Economic P.elations "That is a very revealing story of human actions and reactions and of the course of education," said the visitor. "It would seem that admir- able results do flow from this system. You spoke about the League of Na- tions. Does the League off Nations administer all these things of which you speak?" "Oh, no," replied the guide. ."The League is struggling to find useful methods of dealing with things that affect two or more countries, as coun- Ba. Paints, Varnishes; MAY 26 te JUNE Enamels - Thirty Minute Lacquer, Wall Papers Muffitt & Park 82 Simcoe St. S. Phone 3082 tries, but not those that concern solely the internal arrangements of ing of the seed, the tillage of the soil, the reaping of the crops, their (Continued on page 15) ---- 3 BIG DAY Coat Sale will be sacrificed the latest styles, borders. 100 LADIES' COATS Here is an announcement that will gladden the hearts of the ladies of Oshawa. In order to encourage shopping this week, we are making this sensational offer of all our coats at half price. Coats that ordinarily sell for large sums Come to our store--see the values. All our coats will be on sale. Made in Canada by Canadian Workmen Wonderful Value Good Materials Beautiful Designs just the same as the lesser priced coats. Our stock includes best materials, and made by firms located right within our All Canadian or Empire Materials Half Price SIMCOE ST. S.