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~ \ PAGE FOUR \d THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1929 Zhe Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER "an nireotmt newspaper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa. Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Liniited; Chas. M. Mundy, Sandy A. R. Alloway, Sec- retary, The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As- sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Tlreulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15¢ a week. By mail in Canadas (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 T Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107, H. D. "Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1929 PERTINENT QUESTIONS There are some quite pertinent questions which may be asked regarding the purchase of the hydro and gas distribution systems of Oshawa by the city, on which the ratepayers are to vote on Sat- urday. One of these is "Is there any real assurance that there will be reduced rates for electricity should the city buy the plant and operate it as a municipal utility?" LJ] LJ - This can be answered by two ways. One is that at the present time Oshawa is not receiving power at cost but is paying a substantial sum in excess of cost. The surplus over cost is going into the 'general reserves of the Central Ontario system. The other towns and cities in that system owning their own plants are all enjoying rates lower than Oshawa, because they are receiving their power at cost. When Oshawa buys its own plant, it will be on the same basis, will receive power at cost, and will, on the basis of the experience ot other places, enjoy reduced rates as a result of the surplus being applied to that purpose, as was done this year in 243 municipalities. Ad » * Then the question can also be answered by say- ing that the operating results in past years have produced such surpluses that even without any ¥ increase in consumption there will be large en- ough surpluses to make sure of a reduction in rates. On the 1928 operations, the gross surplus on the electric plant, amounted to $137,623.11, and the net surplus was $107,073.11, That means that the net surplus was over one third of the price actually asked for the electric system. There is every reason to believe that the surpluses under municipal operation, at the present rates, would be equally as large, and would therefore leave a very large .amount to be applied to rate reduc- tion, LJ -. LJ The answer then, is, that based on the exper- fence of other municipalities, and also on the ex- perience of operation of the Oshawa system, there can be 3 certainty that rates will be reduced when the system is taken over by the city and given a chance to operate as a municipal utility. And there fs the added point that the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario has definitely decided that there can be no reductions until that time. * x = Another question which might be asked is "Is the price asked for the hydro and gas distrubtion systems a fair price?" Here again, there is an affirmative answer. The combined price for the two utilities is $520,000. The actual figures on the books of the Hydro Electric Power Commisson of Ontario as the cost of the utilities, less reserve fund, is some $24,000 in excess of that figure. There is the further information that the com- bined surplus on the two plants in 1928, after making all deductions for fixed charges and de- preciation amounted to $118,059.57. That answers the question for there is no business man who would reject a proposal to buy for $520,000 a property which can be made to yfeld him a net profit of $118,000.00. After all, the whole project is a business proposition, and on the basis of the proportion of possible profits to outlay, it is a very favorable one, » LJ] LJ The question might also be asked 'Why not buy "the electric distribution system and leave the gas (plant distribution system alone?" The first ans- wer to that is that the two plants cannot be separ- ated, for the Hydro-Electric Power Commission will not sell the one without the other. That does not mean, however, that the purchase .of the gas system at $210,000 is not a good busi- ness proposition, The best possible testimony of this ft» the report of Forstall, Robinson and Lu- queer, consulting engineers of New York, which firm made a survey on behalf of the city, and re- ported absolutely in favor of purchase at the price fixed. The climax of this independent report is the definite recommendation that the purchase of the plant under the conditions lafd down is "advisable for the city of Oshawa. * * » J During its years of operation, the gas system has been able to earn substantial profits after meet- ing all fixed and depreciation charges. The engin- eers named above expressed the view that even' after allowing for reduced rates and for exten- sions and improvements to the plant, it would still continue to meet the bonded indebtedness in- curred by the purchase and return a surplus. That is the testimony of experts, of men quall- fied to judge the probable results of the municipal operation of the plant, and it is so clearly favor- able to the purchase that it should entirely satis- fy any electors who have had any doubts on that point. * 5%» The whole summing up of the situation is that the purchase proposal represents a splendid stroke of business for the city, one that every ratepayer should be glad to sponsor and favor, and one which should be given a splendid majority at the polls. on Saturday. A USEFUL TRAGEDY It is often the case that serious tragedies, while in themselves deplorable, serve a useful purpose to posterity. This might well be said of the recent Cleveland hospital explosion, which took a toll of 117 lives. This explosion, it will be recalled, was caused by the contact of some light or spark with a stock of nitro-cellulose X-ray films in a store room in the hospital. The natural consequence of such a disaster is that every hospital would at once take precautions 'to prevent such a thing occurring in its X-ray depart- ment. Thus it is that the Ontario Fire Marshal has lost no time in addressing to the hospitals of this province a warning against the dangers of the storage of X-ray films of this type within the hospital build- ing. The marshal recommends to the hospitals that they be kept in a separate building specially con- structed so as to render impossible a repetition of the Cleveland disaster. If the lessons of this tragedy are not forgotten, and if the knowledge gained from it is universally applied by all hospitals, then the sacrifice of those lives will not have been altogether in vain. Of course, it is easy to say after the event that it should never have happened, It is always easy to be wise after the damage is done. But it is wiser still to use the lessons of the tragedy to make certain that such a thing can never happen again. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESS One of the greatest factors brought forward at the International Editors' Conference held at Gan- anoque on Monday was the great responsibility which lies on the press in the moulding of a public opinion which will stimulate greater friend- ship between the British Empire and the United States. Speaker after speaker dwelt on that point, and the keynote speech, delivered by Franklin Little, editor of the Republican Journal of Ogdens- berg, New York, summarized the sentiments of all. This speech was a remarkable utterance com- ing from a Republican editor, for he strongly de- plored the new tariff measures of the Hoover ad- ministration, and the naval building policies of the Coolidge government He saw in these the germs of misunderstanding and mistrust between the two great English-speaking peoples and appealel to his fellow editors on both sides of the line to counteract the effects of the news of these phases of international dealings by interpreting them in their true light through the editorial columns of their newspapers. This raised an interesting point, the point of the treatment of these matters as news, Mr. Little admitted that from the news standpoint, they found sensational news, and were worthy of being stressed with big headlines on the front pages of newspapers. But this very fact, he said, made it imperative that the editorial utterances of the newspapers should tend to prevent the bad psycho- logical condition that might be created by these news stories. It is true that the press does wield a tremend- ous influence in promoting or hindering closer friendship between the: two countries. There has been a strong outcry all over Canada in recent weeks against the new United States tariffs, and this has tended to create bad feeling between the countries. That bad feeling can only be dispelled by a sane and orderly discussion of the real meaning of these factors of the dealings between the two countries, so that in spite of the apparent discrimination against Canada, there will be no marring of the friendly relations which should exist between the nations, The International Editors' Conference did much good. In the first place, it showed the Canadian editors the beauties of a wonderful picture of Canadian Landscape and sent them home as en- thusiasts for seeing Canada first. But, what is far more important, it brought together the editors of the two neighboring countries for a frank dis- cussion of international problems, for considera- tion of how they could best disseminate any ten- dency towards antagonism between the two coun- tries. From this frank, heart-to-heart talk, there arose an apparent resolve on the part of the leaders of public opinion, through the press, to strain every effort to avoid anything which might rupture the peaceful relations of more than one hundred years standing between the British Empire and the United States. And it must be admitted that, with acknowledged power of the press, much can be accomplished in this way. If for no other reasan, the conference was an occasion of first importance, and was an experiment, which, largely through the wonderful hospitality of Mayor Wilson and the people of Gananoque, was so successful as to be well worth repeating. EDITORIAL NOTES Do you want reduced electric rates? for the hydro and gas purchase bylaw. People are having very few opportunities this June to ask the question, "Is it warm enough for you?" Even at three cents a copy, the daily newspaper is the biggest bargain that is offered to the public to- day. Prominence is given to the few who won large prizes in the Derby Sweepstakes. But what of the thousands who lost? A man was ejected from a San Francisco movie theatre because he laughed out loud. Possibly he laughed while others were having a good cry. The Ontario bachelor who had $450 taken from his trousers pocket while asleep will probably come to the conclusion that it is unnecessary for him 'to get married, 4 Then vote Other Editors' | Comments | CANADA AND THE U.S. TARIFF (Ottawa Journal) If the United States were giving a half decent chance to the pro- ducts of: Canada, it would be folly perhaps to argue that we should maintain high duties against them, But with the United States mount- ing its tariff higher and higher against us, all but excluding us from their markets, is it common sense or common patriotism to go on as we are? DRINK MORE MILK (Glasgow Herald) "Drink more milk," is a slogan, sound and worthy of commenda- tion. Milk is undoubtedly an ex- cellent source of the various prin- ciples requisite in the perfect diet. But there is a reverse to every shield no matter how perfect and proper the obverse may he, Al- though one may quite properly ap- prove the incitement to milk con- sumption, what the public wishes to be assured of is that the milk consumed is sound and clean, CONGRATULATIONS (St. Mary's Journal Argus) : The Oshawa Daily Times cele- brated its sixtieth anniversary as a newspaper by publishing on Satur- day a special edition which con- tains a lot of interesting informa tion regarding the development of that enterprising daily. The Times is keeping step with. the phenome- nal growth of the city and is splen- didly equipped both in staff and machinery to give the best possible service. Eighty-five people are on the puy-roll, and the equipment in- cludes a press which will print thirty-thousand papers in an hour. The Times is a credit to the bust- ing industrial city of Oshawa and its proprietors, Messrs Mundy and Alloway. EQUALITY OF SEXES (London Evening News) Women do not enter the Civil Service on exactly the same tefms as men. Their scale of pay is some- what lower. This has given rise to a curious thing. At one time the male Civil Servants strongly opposed the payment of women on the same scale as themselves. Now they are beginning to suspect that the pronounced suceess that wo- men are having in the Civil Service examinations is due to a prefer- ence by the authorities for the cheaper article. So the demand which the women have all along made for equal pay all round fs now getting support, from no al- truistic motives, from the men. - Bits of Humor - CHANCE DISCOVERY Jack--'"Harry moved out of that boarding-house after staying only two weeks." Sprat--""He must have finally found out that the place had no batbtub." VERY UP-TO-DATE "Let's run off and get separat- ed." "It would be awfully romantie, dear, but mother"d feel dreadfully hurt if I didn't get a regular court divorce. I'm to wear the same dress she did." | Bits of Verse TREES "In the Garden of Eden, planted by God, There were goodly trees springing sod-- in the "Trees of beauty and height and grace, To stand face. in splendor before His "Apple and hickory, ash and pear, Oak and beech and the tulip rare. "The trembling aspen, the noble pine, The sweeping elm by the river line. "Trees for the birds to build and sing, And the lilac tree for a joy in the spring; "Trees to turn at the frosty call And carpet the ground for their Lord's footfall; "Trees for fruitage and fire and shade, Trees for trade; the cunning builder's "Wood for the bow, the spear, and the flail, The keel and the mast of the dar- ing sail; "He made them of every grain and girth For the use of man in the Garden of Earth. "Then lest the soul should not lift her eyes From the gifts Paradise, 'On the crown of the hill for all to see, God planted a scarlet maple tree." --Bliss Carman. to the Giver of FULFILLMENT -- Think not that T am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill For ver- ily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one little. shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.-- Matthew 65: 17,18. PRAYER--Give us, Lord, the responsive open mind and the heart to receive Thy fulfillment. from the dietic standpoint, is both | SIR JAMES SIMPSON Who has been in India for 38 years, Is travelling across Cane ada cn route to his home in Scotland to retire. He has been a member of the Indian legisla- tive assembly and a governor of the Imperial Bank of India, Sir James is accompanied by Lady simpson. That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. WEAKNESS DUE TO REDUCING METHODS spoken before about school children, military cadets, and even soldiers, who have "fainted" or felt dizzy in the ranks, when required to stand in the one positiop for a long period. You can understand how standing at "attention" might cause fatigue or fainting because of the '"tense- ness" of all the muscles zs this po- sition is held. However just simply standing causes many individuals to feel faint I have poken before about a chap who was watching an armistice day service who amused or annoyed those standing near him by his fre- quent rising on his toes or ' heels. This was hig method of keeping up the return circulation of the blood to the heart. It is a long climb for the blood from the feet or legs to the heart, and the action of the muscles of the legs, in raising the individual on his toes.and heels, ac- tually helped to pump the blood up- wards. In other words the general circula- tion is increased when one is in the standing position if they will raise or move themselves up on toes or heels. All over the country physicians are finding that young girls and women who are attempting to reduce their weight, are being attacked by these fainting or dizzy spells while stand- ing at a shop counter, getting fitted for a dress, watching a parade, and so forth. A research worker tells us that it is easier to stand after than before a meal. Whether this is "strength" from the meal, or whether it is because the digestive movements that follow eating a meal "massage" the blood vessels and give the blood a "quick- er" return to the heart, is just a question. It has been found that 'reducing' produces a lower pulse pressure. When a person presenting this condition attempts to stand for a time the outcome may be a very low pulse pressure, as in starvation. There is no question but that many of these cases of "collapse" are due 'to lack of nourishment. The thought then is that this "re- ducing" business may have a harm- ful effect upon the circulation if common sense is not used. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act) Gowns are suggested for the members of Toronto's City Coun- cil--as if those gents could possib- ly look any funnier---Border Cities Star. GENERAL J. B. HERTZOG Nationalist premier in the South African election campaign, has made an issue of the native vote question which he claims "would be the greatest tragedy in' the history of South Africa" if white and black vote is not separated. He is opposing Gen- cral Smuts on this platform and the popular view is that Hertzog will' win, although probably by a reduced majority, supported by Labor. sncluding Saturday, OSHAWA BRANCH OFFICE: 23 SIMCOE ST. 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Operated Under Government Inspection CENTRAL CANADA [9AN AND SAVINGS COMPANY TORONTO HEAD OFFICE; KING & VICTORIA STS. 04 A SAFE PLACE FOR SAVINGS Scarcity of Candidates For Christian Ministry Letter by the Rev. Dr. W. T. McMullen in the Toronto Globe To the Editor of The Globe: In almost all branches of the Church complaint is made of a scarcity of young men devoting themselves to the ministry of the Gospel. Vari- ous reasons have been assigned for this falling off of candidates. Leav- ing out towns and cities, the salary paid the average minister has been mentioned as one of the potent reasons repelling young men from the ministry. When I commenced my ministry in 1856 many country ministers were living on salaries of $400 or $500 a year. A discussion took place in our General Assem- bly on the question and deputa- tions. were appointed to visit the several Presbyteries. The Rev. Dr. Burns of St. Catharines and my- self were appointed to visit the Presbytery of Toronto. When the reports were given the following year, and were found to be not overly optimistic, the Rev. John Ross of Brucefleld, rose and ad- dressed the Assembly, asying: "Moderator, when I look around me in the General Assembly, I no- tice that the ministers from coun- try congregations are as well clad and as well kept as their brethren from the towns and cities. I think ministers' salaries are like the manna in the wilderness--he that gathered much had nothing over, lack." I take sides with Rev. John Ross, the saintly man of Bruce- field; and I myself commenced in a country charge. Smallness or salary could never have kept me out of the Gospel ministry. I could not devote my life to anything else, But great changes and improve- ments have taken place since 1856. It has more and more come to be recognized that a pastor shoud those to whom he ministers. What is the real remedy for a scarcity of candidates for the mine istry? When the harvest is plente- ous but the laborers are few, Scripture says: "Pray ye, there- fore, the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth laborers into His harvest." (Matt. 9:38) Is the Church doing this? Is she obeying the words of her Divine Head? She may send deputations to address students in colleges and universi- ties, but ministers without the Di- vine call are not in the true apos- tolic succession. They are not min- isters at all. No Church authority can make them ministers. It can- not even make them Christans. Un- der the term Church authority I include Bishop, Presbytery .and Conference, and even Church Council, Ordination is the Church's and he that gathered little had mo |, share in the average conditions of | imprimatur or stamp put on the man she believes called and sent of God. Appealing: to young men to consider the claims of the min- istry is all right. But the minis- ters the Church needs and wants are those called and sent by Goa. This class do not go to the mine istry for the money that is in it. They go because they could not with easy conscience do otherwise. And I think it would be an ill aay for the church if the money tempta- tion became prevalent. W. T. McMULLEN. Woodstock, May 30. SO, THAT'S WHY The teacher was angry when Willie appeared ten minutes late for school. "Why are you late?" he asked sharply. "Please, sir," replied Willie, "it was late, when I started from home." "Then why didn't you start from home earlier?" "Please, sir, it was too late to start early."--Answers. business sure, safe, OSHAWA TRAVELLING Wherever you go, banking service awaits you if you carry a Dominion Bank Letter of Credit or our Travellers' Cheques. When abroad, on afe casi means of carrying money. DOMINION BANK G. W. JOYCE, Manager.' or plea- are a nego- BRANCH 17 KING STREET Sroie-ForLoNG &@ . Head Office: Reford Buil BAY AND WELLINGTON STS. TOR S. F. 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