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PAGE FOUR 7 A Ys "She Oshavz Bally Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER Lr except Sundays asd legal holidays, at Oshawa Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Sec- retary. : The Oshawa Daily Times is & member of the Cange diau Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As. sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15¢ a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 » year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1929 PROFITING BY EXPERIENCE It is an unfailing rule in life that the wise profit by the experiences of others. very readily be applied to the bylaws on which the ratepayers of Oshawa are to vote on June 15, for in connection with all' these bylaws there are ex- periences of other cities which can be used as a guide to the people of this community. The experience of those municipalities which own and operate their electric distribution systems: has been that of such outstanding success as to leave no doubt in the mind of anyone as to whether the purchase of the Oshawa utilities is a good thing. There is not, in the whole hydro-electric system, a municipality owned plant which has cost the people ome cent in taxes. In every case, the charges for power have been sufficient to meet all charges, and to provide surpluses for the reduction of rates. * L LJ That is experience. The announcement a few days ago of the drastic reductions in rates of 243 muni- cipalities operating their own plants should be sut- ficient evidence that municipal ownership of these utilities is a paying venture. And the crux of the situation can be found in the experience of the cities of the Central Ontario system. In that system, which operates in the district which includes Oshawa, thé rates in municipal ownership communities are from forty to sixty per cemt. lower than in those . places, such as Oshawa, which do not own their own plants. * - [] " Experience, too, shows that the Hydro-Electric Power Commission has, in the last few years, been earning surpluses ranging up as high as $85,000 a year in its operations in Oshawa. That surplus, unfortunately, has been going into the reserve of the whole Central Ontario System, instead.of being applied for the benefit of Oshawa consumers in re- duced rates and rebates such as other communities have been' given. . When so handsome a surplus can be created an- nually by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission, there is mo reason why a local commission should not have exactly the same success, with the difference that the surplus would then be used for the benefit of the Oshawa consumers, rather than go into a huge reserve fund at Toronto. * E " In. connection 'with the gas plant and its distribu- tion system, too, experience has shown that this utility, also, has been earning a surplus, piling up profits: which have brought no compensating return to the city of Oshawa. It is quite fair to assume that under municipal ownership, with capable man- agement, the same profits should be possible. Further than that, however, a firm of eminent en- gineers which made a survey of the plant for the city council reported that a surplus could be earned even were. the rates to be reduced. 'Here, again, the lessons of experience can be applied 'in such a way as to make the whole purchase proposal a mat- ter of good business policy for the ratepayers of Oshawa. ; * wn.» The experience of other municipalities, too, is of value in determining the worth of the proposal to authorize the city council to create an industrial area. Other cities have adopted this plan, and have enjoyed industrial expansion as a direct result. This is true of, Toronto, with its huge waterfront in- dustrial area. It is also true of the city of Regina, which has become the industrial centre of the west because the city acquired industrial areas, and then secured industries to locate on them. In a smaller way, the city of Woodstock has de- veloped splendid new industries because the city owned, not only industrial sites, but also factory bufldings in which new industries could be housed : until they were ready to expand. And some of the best industries in Woodstock today were sccured and developed simply because the city had that prop- erty available. Thus experience all points to the advantage of Oshawa having an industrial area controlled by the council, which would, when occasion arose, sell or lease to prospective manufacturers, at a fair price: to be approved by the county judge, such land as they might require for their purposes. » LJ Ld Experience is a great teacher, but only if its les- sons are learned, and the pupils profit thereby. And all the. teachings of experience point to the fact that the bylaws on which the ratepayers are to vote on June 15 are sound propositions, propositions which have been so succéssfyl elsewhere that there should be no hesitation on' the part 'of any ratepayer in giving a favorable vote on them when the day for voting comes, Tay - That principle can A GOOD EXAMPLE Sir Esme Howard, British- Ambassador to the United States, is setting an excellent example to the other diplomatic representatives who are stationed in Washington. The theory of diplomatic immunity, as applied to the United States prohibition laws, has been a bugbear to the United States officials, because no matter how willing the ministers at Washington were to co-operate with the authorities to prevent abuses creeping i, there has been much trouble be- cause of the custom that the laws of the country did not effect the representatives of other countries or: their households, . ' Realizing this situation, the British' ambassador has given excellent leadership in a move to avoid further trouble. Sir Esme Howard has decreed that, from now on, the British embassy will observe the United States liquor laws 'as if no such thing as diplomatic immunity: existed. That is a splendid ges- ture on the part of the British official, but, after all, is it not truly a British attribute that whatever can be done to assist in the enforcement of law and order anywhere in the world will be done. It may be that the ambassadors of other coun- tries will follow the example set, and, if so, then the U.S. prohibition enforcement authorities at Washing- ton will have much for which to thank the British representative. A WELL-DESERVED PUNISHMENT The magistrate of the town of Simcoe deserves commendation for, the stern' measure of justice which he meted out the other day to a gang of men con- victed of chicken stealing. The ringleader of the gang was sent to the penitentiary for four years, while three of his companions in crime were given terms of one year in the reformatory. Chicken stealing is a despicable form of crime which has become far too common in recent years. Few parts of the province are immune from it, for even in the Oshawa district there have been, in re- cent months, extensive thefts of fowl. It is almost a heart-breaking experience for a farmer, after months, and' perhaps years of labor in building up a first class flock of chickens, to have it stolen 'overnight, and all his labor wasted because of the dishonesty of fellow human beings. A good flock of chickens cannot be replaced overnight, and in many cases the fowl stolen represent a large portion of the bread and butter of their owner. It is one thing, however, to have chickens stolen, 'but something quite different to catch the thief. It may be, however, that the stern. penalties handed out by the Simcoe magistrate will have a deterrent effect. When 'criminals know that they will receive no mercy when caught, it is apt to curb their activities. Under the circumstances, it would be advisable for all magis- trates to take a leaf from the book of their col- league in Simcoe, and apply the law as severely as possible whenever convictions for chicken thefts are registered. 1919 AND 1929 The reparations problem has been settled, but at what a cost to the Allied nations. In fact, had any- one, in 1919, predicted that the Germans would have, ten years later, been presenting ultimatums to their conquerors of 1918, and having their terms accepted, that person would have been considered a fit' subject for a mental test. Yet that is exactly the situation which the passing of ten years has brought about. It is astonishing to, compare the Allied reparations figures of 1919 with those which the Germans have forced them to accept in 1929. When the peace con- ference assembled in 1919, the Allies presented re- parations demands totalling 125 billion dollars. These demands, of course, were not met, and were subject to considerable reduction, but in 1923, when the .re- parations commission succeeded in reaching a de- finite basis for payment, the total fixed was 33 billion dollars, Now, in 1929, after four years of whining on the part of Germany, and, at the last, an utterly difiant attitude, the Allies have agreed to accept about nine billion dollars in. settlement of their claims, It may be said, of course, that the Allies ought to be satisfied to secure enough to pay their war debts. It is' true that the amount to be paid by Germany will cover these payments, but it will leave very little over to pay the cost of the vast reconstruction work which had to be done in France, Belgium and Italy as a result of the German invasion. All in all, it would seem as. if Germany has escaped the damages of war far more easily than any. of the other countries involved. Perhaps her statesmen were a little more obstinate than those of the Allies, and were able to present so stout a front as to make good 'their bluff. Whatever the reason, the Germans have good reason to congratulate themselves on the result of the long drawn out reparations conference, while the least said of the position of the Allics the better. : EDITORIAL NOTES The Rotarians are enthusiastic about their street fair, because they know they are laboring in a worthy cause. =A ------ With Bowmanville and Belleville also considering purchase of their electric plants, it is up to Oshawa to give them leadership. If control of industrial areas has made big cities ~even bigger, there is no reason why Oshawa should reject. an opportunity of growth. The extensive addition to the Canadian. Bank of Commerce is a sign that the banks have every con- 0éige in the continued prosperity of Oshawa. When Oshawa has an' industrial area, manufac- turers looking for sites on which to locate will be sure to investigate what this city has to offer. A London clergyman who has no worry over his: church finances claims to have found a paradise. The rest of us might feel the same if we did not have to worry about money. Storms and floods are expensive. The township of East Whitby finds it necessary to raise $25,000, provided the people vote favorably to repair the damage done to bridges damaged in the early Spring floods. : The Times apologizes to Kingston for an error which credited that city 'with an jtem regarding the replacing of the board walk leading to the town hall and library with a cement one. The Kingston city hall is so imposing that it hardly needs any kind of a sidewalk. , NOT YET ON THE MAP (Victoria. Colonist) Vancouver, which is voting some $80,000 this year for publicity pur- poses, might spend a few dollars of'it in New York to let New York- ers know there is such a place. A New York paper, in alluding to Percy Williams' feats, says: 'The young Canadian is a sensation, and well he might be, as he stepped from the backwoods of Northwest Canada into fame with a dual vie- 'tory at the 1928 Olympio=games." Evidently Vancouver has still a lot to learn about putting herself om | the map. HUSBANDS, TARE STOCK! (New York Evening World) Why is it, one wonders, that we never hear of a gathering of hus- bands intent on , discussing their part in the making of the home and seriously exchanging views on how they may become better spouses? If there are to be meetings of women with a view to finding out their shortcomings, similar confer- ences of men might well be held to take account of stock and do some serious figuring as to whether they as a group, are entitled to a pass- ing rating. ; Opinions of wives as to this ought to be interesting. How mauy wives would hold that their hus- bands are of good average sort? LABOUR'S LEADERS (Halifax Herald) Hold your own opinion about politics and politicians, but you will have to admit that it is not Lloyd George, nor Mr. Baldwin, nor yet. the injmitable Churchill, who is saying the clever things in this British general election; it is Ramsay MacDonald, ex-Prime Min- ister and leader of the Labor forces. Everyone' is trying to 'save something," MacDonald has told an audience--the Government to save its majority, the Liberals to save their deposits, and Labor to "save the country." And there is his mordant fling at Lloyd Geurge and his political 'war chest' -- "This is not a party; it's a fund." Of all the ability in British pubhe life that of the Labor leaders is not the least, Men like Ramsay Mac. Donald, Philip Snowden, Sydney Webb, Arthur Ponsonby, are men to be reckoned with. "Intellectu~ alls" all, if you will, but undeniably able men, And there are men like Arthur Henderson, Clynes and Thomas, trades union leaders, who have weathered the storms of years and are stronger today than ever in their careers. There is nothing mediocre about men of this kind. - Bits of Humor - HOMEWARD BOUND '""How did your host greet you?" "With a salute of twenty-one gins." CLOSE QUARTERS "George 1s an awful flirt.--1I wouldn't trust him too far." "I wouldn't trust him too near." TOO BAD Sister--""What's the trouble, Ed. gar?" Brother--"Beatrice turned me down cold and told me I could find sympathy in the dictionary, but I've looked all through the C's and it ain't there." HIS REGRET His Magistrate--DIid you call the accused a rogue and a thief? Witness--Yes, your honor, I did. Magistrate--And did you call him a liar and a cad? Witness--No, yer homor, I did not--a 'man can't remember every- thing. Bits of Verse THE PARTING Good-bye. I bind your sandals on your feet-- The winged sandals, wonderful and , fleet; ~ X have no wish to hold you, keep) you go; Yet wait, and smile--and kiss me ere you go, little dream, so sweet you were, so sweet!) (Oh, Good<bye. You see, I smile, I am not sad Nay, you were but a transient guest - I had . Who shared my fate and made my dwelling bright, One sun-filled morning and one moon-swayed night. (Oh, little dream, how glad you were, how glad!) " Good-bye, my hand has set the door ajar. No broken prayer your open path may mar; I have no tears to bid you from your way; And yet--oh, yet! One moment turn and stay. (Oh, little dream, so far, far you go, so far!) --Theodosia Garrison. 1 FOR JESUS' SAKE--Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you 'falsely, for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets whigh were before you.--Matthew 8:11, 12, ; PRAYER--May we be willing for Thy sake, to be accounted all the day long as sheep for the THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1929 hd . Can't Force Them to Come We Must Bear in Mind That British Settlers 'May Not Always Be Keen to Come to Canada to Take Up Work as A i (Stratford Beacon-Herald) A correspondent of the Beacon- Herald writes, stating that if there were 'anything approaching un earnest effort it would be possible to bring in any number of British settlers. We are going about it in a half-hearted way, and I often wonder if the people here really want to get British settlers, It looks to me as though we were quite sat- to. have the country filled up With foreigners." ~~ 'We doubt if our correspondent has followed very closely all the contemporary history that has been written in connection with the et- forts to bring British settlers to this country, We are now offering assistance to young men from Bri. tain which we are not offering to our own youbg people who might desire to go farming on their own account. Some of the plans offered and tried have not produced the great- est results, but we are willing to concede to the men in charge, of our immigration affairs a sincerity of purpose and an earnest desire to secure as many British settlers as possible. If we did not have that confidence in our offi¢jals then we would, indéed, be in a sorry way from a national point of view. * x 0% There are several things to con- sider. First, we have to make sure that there are people who want to come to Canada. As things stand at present we are bent on bringing out those who desire to engage in some form of agricultural life or go into domestic service. In that way we have a sort of restricted immi- gration system with Great Britain, We have not entirely opened the door to all mechanics and trades- men as far as seeking them out and asking them to come, and the rea- son is that we do not believe there fs an available market here in which they could be absorbed in very large numbers. It might be well if our corre- spondent gave some heed to the findings of the Oveérseas Settlement Commission of 1928, a body of Bri- tish public men who studied the sit- uation. They wanted to know just what the chances were of getting surplus population of Britain to go to other parts of the Empire where they might be employed in gainful occupations, ¥ * This committee found that there was actually a falling-off in emi- gration from Britain, and advanced the following reasons: StoBI1E-FORLONG STOCKS === ._ Head Office: Reford BAY AND WELLINGTON STS. TORON S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 "The industrial habits and town- ward bent of our population, and its disinclination for an agricul- turl life overses; "The upward tendency of the standard of living and comfort in Great Britain; "The effect of social imsurance schemes and particularly of unem- ployment benefit, which tend to an- chor population to this country; "The Dominion Government's re- striction of state-aid mainly to land and domestic workers; "The psychological effect of the present industrial conditions at home; "The high cost of ocean pass- ages; "The limited capacity of the Do- minions to absorb' mew population except in agriculture, and the difi- culty of adapting our industrial workers to an agricultural lite; "The difficulty of the Dominion Governments in getting consent for expenditure on settling new arriv- als without similar provision ror their own people; . '"The opposition of organized la- bor overseas to immigration, based on the fear that it will cause un- employment and lower wages; and '"The general tendency in coun- tries of immigration towards the more careful selection of new popu. lation." * % = That report cannot be avoided when one comes to the serious business of forming ap opinion as to whether we have done all within our power to secure British settl- ers. We must remember that, on a basis of population, Britain is not primarily an agricultural coun- try. Its population is largely in the cities and industrial districts. We cannot force the people from there to come here any more than the officials there can force them to leave. We can, and should, always show them a preference over other peo- | ple, but we cannot readily or fore-' ibly overcome their desire to stay in their own country. That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. THE TONE OF THE SKIN Why is it that. so many folks who give a great deal of time to looking after their complexion have so little success. And those 'who have very large pores in the skin of the face seem to have no luck whatever in reducing the size of the openings. Dr. Earnest D. Chipman says that "In practically every instance we found that persons with enlarged pores have been using a great amount of hot water, their idea being that it is more effective in removing oil from the skin than cold water." Now this is true to some. extent, still hot water lessens the muscular tone of the skin and this allows the openings of the pores to actually grow larger. Dr. Chipman suggests the use of an alkaline soap to dissolve the oil of the skin, even with cold. water, as the cold promotes the muscular tone of the skin and contracts or makes smaller, the pores. 'habit of talking about the benefits of hot water that we forget that there are some, places where it is more harmful -than helpful. We know , that after exercise nothing "relaxes" the muscles and gets rid of the stiffness and soreness \that comes from the wastes made by exercise as the use of a.good hot tub or even shower bath. You will'remember that the Japan- ese soldiers during their war with Russia had hogsheads filled with hot water in which they immersed them- selves each night after the exertions of the day. This relaxed the muscles and they were ready for work next day. Now it is this very relaxing that Jou do not want when the pores are arge. because, as mentioned above, you want the muscles of the face to contract, to tighten, and close the pores if they are too large. Remember then that hot water. and an alkaline soap will remove oil from the skin, but this should be followed by. cold water to contract the skin, _ 'In fact this loosening and tighten- ing of the skin not ih keeps pores contracted but helps to some extent in warding off wrinkles also. The skin thrives on exercise as does all parts of the body, and hot water followed by cold, keeps it ac- ve. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). ------------------------ TRAIN HITS CAR London, June 7.--Emer MeIn- '|tyre, Appin storekeeper and weil known 'athlete, was hurled to ang death at 9.15 o'clock yesterday morning when hih car was struck by'a C.P.R. mixed freight at North Appin. Picked up 100 yards from the scene of the crash in an uncon- scious condition, Mr. McIntyre was rushed to his home, where he died one hour later. The automobile, smashed to matchwood and twisted | steel, was found 300 yards along the right of way. An inquest has slaughter, 4 by Dr. Wi L. M. iencos, ' We have all got so much into the HONEY DEW RIGHTS SETTLEMENT MADE London, June 7. -- Mrs. Annie Kinney, city, receives $10,000 from the Honey Dew company, limited, with the stipulation that she relinquish all rights to the name "Honey Dew," under an agreement reached out of court late yesterday afternoon. 'The agreement reached out of coun late yesterday afternoon. The agreement brings to a close an in- teresting case, which has been heard by Judge McLean of Ottawa, in exchequer court here, The settlement was effected qui- etly and quickly, but not without advance notice as-on two occasions his lordship had admonished the litigants to endeavor to reach an agreement, Some idea of the importance at- tached to the use of the trade mark | "Honey Dew' may be gathered from the reported price of $1,500,- 000 paid by the company for full rights. FASGIST REPLIES 10 POPE'S ATTACK Editor of Impero Rerhinds Pontiff That Premier Is Above Discussion Rome, June 7.--The only news- paper here commenting on the pope's open letter to Cardinal Gas- parri, papel secretary of state, in which the pontiff reproved Prem- fer Mussolini for "worse than her- etical" utterance .befre the Ital- fan chamber of Deputies on the Lateran acords, is the ultro-Fascist Impero. Editor Settimelli complains that the pope not only spoke as such, to which nobody rould object, but also as polemist who had the pre sumption to criticize Il Duce, Set timelll writes: "No true Fascist can tolerate that the pope should presume to censure Il Duce, who, we will re mind him, is not to be discussed We have sworn to obey him with. out discussion and thousands opon thousands of young men every year § take muskets in hand swearing not} to discuss him, "We have never offended th church, and the church may not offend Fascism," DIES AS RESULT OF 30 FOOT FAL St, Catharines, June 7.--Joseph Stall, 44, of Thorold, died at the Genral Hospital this afternoon from injuries received Tuesday morning when he fell 30 feet from a steel gate at Lock 2 Welland can al on which he was working, Issuea by authority of PREVENT FOREST ge WS Wood is the settler"s winter harvest When his own land is cleared he may still obtain employment in the neigh- bouring forest. By care with fire, the wise settler protects his own living. Honourable Charles Stewart, Minister of the Interior, SETTLERS Guard yes. J AR SL AR and others. ness while driving Both hands on the wheel! Both eyes on the road! Never forget . . . a single moment's careless- may easily involve you in a bad smash: A little inattention ma mean serious, even fatal, injury to yourse If you are a passenger, for your own safety's sake, leave the driver free to watch the road and traffic undistracted. Let us all work together to prevent accidents. SAFETY, CARE COURTESY COMMON SENSE