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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1929 Ce Osama Baily Times OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER 4 . § THE ' ; (Established 18711) An independent newspaper published every sfternvos except Sundays snd legal holideys, st Oshawa Canadas, by Mundy Printing' Company, Limited Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. 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 Tirculations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15c a wask. By mail'in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 » year; United States, §5.00 » year. TORONTO OFFICE ; 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0102. H. D. Tresidder,- representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U, S. Powers and Stong, Inc, New York and Chicago. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1929 Yaad SCHOOL DAYS ------ To-day a special section of The Times is being devoted to the announcement that on Tuesday of next week, September 3, the public and separate schools, and the Collegiate and Vocational Insti- tute of Oshawa will open their doors after the long summer vacation, To the boys and girls, it will seem like but yesterday since they came home in high spirits, hung up their schoolbags, put away their books, and promptly forgot all about the wor- ries and cares of study periods. Those glorious spent in healthful play and rve- creation, pass away 80 quickly, and now the end is in sight. One more week-end remains, and then the school bell will ring and call the boys and girls within the four walls of: their classrooms. Most of us who can look back over the years to our own schooldays can recall how we used to almost dread the end of the summer holidays, how we wanted to crowd as much as possible into these last few days before the session of drudgery as it to us, was started. en the 'boys and girls of to-day are not very much different, although there are Yast changes in educational systems since the days when their parents went to school. There are add- ed features of school life which help to make it far more pleasant than it was twenty or thirly years ago. The day of the schoolmaster with the birch rod and tawse is now gone, for the young folks of to-day do not suffer from corporal pun- ishment to anything like the same extent as their forefathers did. This may be an improvement, or it may be a sign of detariation, but it is neverthe- less just an indication of how ideas have changed in the recent years. New subjects have been added consistently to the school curriculum, subjects which, to the older folks, seem like fads and frills, but which help the children to have a real in their school life. yp a who are older, too, realize now that schooldays, hard as they were, really formed the happiest and most carefree years of life. It is not easy to realize this in the days of childhood, when schooldays are present, but as time goes on, and as the young folks go on to face the battles of life, the value of education will become more and more apparent to them. Parents would be doing their children a real kindness if they would only instill this thought into the minds of their children, so as to stimulate them in their school work, and their play, too, by showing them that these school years are precious years, years which have a laste ing effect on later life, and determine whether that life is to be a success or 2 failure. summer days, THE GROWTH OF ONTARIO'S MINES 1 has now become quite customary for orators, and particularly public men, in speaking on the province of Ontario to refer in glowing terms to {hat vast area which is known as Northern On- tario, and to the vast mineral wealth that is deposited there. The official report of the depart- ment of mines for the provinte for the first six months of 1929, however, shows that they have every justification tor so doing. This report shows that Ontario's mineral production for this year will be the greatest in the history of the province, and that wealth beyond the wildest dreams of the early optimists for Northern Ontario is being pro- duced in that area. Last year, a new record was set when Ontario's mineral production reached the $100,000,000 mark. This year, however, it is estimated, based on the returns for the first six months of the year, that this huge total will be increased by eleven per cent. and that the total production for 1929 will be $111,000,000. Already half of that increase has been earned, and with gold, silver and copper production hitting new high levels, and the price of copper nearly four and a half cents a pound higher than it was last year, there is every reason to be confident that this estimate will be reached. Ontario has a great reservoir of future wealth in its northern empire. Development and more development will bring to the surface riches such as would have seemed fabulous a few years ago. And, with the possibility of the development ol an iron ore industry in the north country, through the bonus which is to be put into effect by the Ontario government, there is no telling to what figures the production of wealth from the Ontario mines may grow. It is a glowing prospect that the future holds out, a prospect that is made all the more alluring because the day of guessing js over and the production of wealth is actually growing at a tremendous rate. EE Ra at a A RAGE h CRIME IN CANADA ' "Crime in Canada is steadily on the' increase." With this significant sentence begins a despatch from Ottawa giving the summary of the report of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics on crimes committed during the twelve months ending on September 30, 1928. During the last five years, according to the re- port, there has been a progressive and steady in- crease, as shown by the record of convictions for indictable offences since 1924. These figures are as follows: 1924 1925 1926 16,268 17,219 17,448 1927 18,836 1928 , 21,720 And even more marked increase is found in the record of summary convictions for non-indictable offences, these having increased from 193,240 to 245,763 in*one year. This, the report says, is the cress asnesreaa. tester eserras seesssenccenaa, ssesesrensenne DE A UN . greatest increase in any one year since statistics were recorded, a period of over fifty years. In'this class of convictions come offences against the liquor laws, breaches of traffic regulations and offences of a type allied to these. This raises the question of the cause of this great increase in crime. Leading in the list of increases of indictable offences are crimes against 'the person and against property. It #s not going too far to. say that much of this increase in crime can be traced directly to the institution of systems of government sale of liquor in various provinces of the Dominion. Liquor law offences in them. selves have, increased by 22.33 per cent in one year, showing that the government sale regula- tions, instead of reducing such offences, as it was claimed they would, have opened the doors for more and more offences, It would be. interesting too, to analyze the figures still more closely, and find out how many of the other types of crimes were directly attributable to the liquor traffic. Canada can ill afford to have its criminal re- cord growing steadily worse. This is a 'matter which is worthy of the serious consideration of' all thoughtful people, for it is more than a co- incidence that crime should have increased so steadily during the years in which government sale of liquor has been in operation in geveral of the Canadian provinces, GOING TOO FAR The cult of the pyjamas as an article of outdoot wear for business men in the good old summer time is going just a little too far. Reports of traffic jams and other 'incidents of a similar na- ture, because of the amused curiosity of onlookers are coming from various places where there are men foolish enough to seek notoriety by appear- ing on the street in their sleeping suits. ' The whole thing, of course, is too ridiculous to become popular, or even common. The excuse that pyjamas form a cool article of masculine at- tire is hardly sufficient to warrant any man making a fool of himself by appearing on the streets, in broad daylight, in clothing which has its proper place, and that is not on the streets. There are other ways of keeping cool besides making a fool of himself, and even if there were not, the great majority of men are more concerned about preserving their 'dignity and respectability than they are about a few de- grees of temperature. AN ERA OF FREAKISHNESS A perusal of the columns of certain United States newspapers leads to the conclusion that the present age is rapidly becoming one of freakish- ness. This belief is encouraged by the reports of the many foolish types of contests that are being held, contests which are absolutely without value to anyone or to human progress. For instance, what can be the value of a contest to find out which boy or girl can sit on top of a flagpole for the longest period of time? Or what contribution is made to human progress by a man who pushes a peanut up Pike's peak with his nose? And again, what is the value of a con- test to find out how long it will take a man to knock a croquet ball' from Galveston, Texas, to New York? And other freak contests, such as a chair rocking contest, or a:swinging contest, might be mentioned as examples of energy being ex- pended: on absolutely foolish effort. Contests like those mentioned above are actually being carried out in: these days. They take their places along with the dancing marathons and the bunion "derbies as fredks of a somewhat unbal- anced age. How much good could be done to the world if the time and energy expended on them could only be turned into channels of useful ser- vice to the human race. EDITORIAL NOTES The longer the summer goes on, the harder the mosquitoes seem to bite. A lot of people worry about saving money be- fore they have found out how to earn it. Strange that those men who are clamoring for cooler clothing in the summer have not adopted the kilt, It is gratifying that better prisons are being provided for the young folks, but pitiful that more of them should be needed. Walking will never become a lost art so long as a motorist has to walk six blocks to business after finding a parking place for his car. It is said that no news is good news, so the scarcity of news of the Russo-Chinese outbreak may mean that the war is over. Scotland is said to be glutted with American tourists this year. This may explain the increase in the Scottish imports of chewing gum. Palestine, the land where the gospel of peace on earth and goodwill to men was first enunciated, seems to have more than its share of war. The Labor government in Great Britain is slow- ly but surely convincing the British electors that the only mistake they made in the last election lay in not giving it a clear majority. Other Editor's Comments HELPS LABOR PARTY (Ottawa Journal) 'Mr. Snowden bas done. a good |. "incident stroke' for Britsin,: and ally a good stroke for his party. It is, in fact, the irony of fate thet it has remained for Socialist Government to strike the first real blow that has been struck in years for British financial interests and if the MacDonald Government can follow up this triumph by the greater one of reaching a naval agreement with the United States, then his party will have a power- ful hold on the public's confidence When the next election comes round. U. 8. IN THE WAR (From the New York) . Fourteen of the nineteen months during which we were in the war, Great Britain and France did our fighting for us, In a common cause our total losses were 50,000 killed, about 70,000 deaths from disease, and about 210,000 woungd- ed. In the same common cause, duripg those 19 months, 560,000 of the allies were killed and more than two million . wounded. Iu other words, because of our money, which, was sorely needed, we got off cheaply; the fact that "we won the war" need not, in the light of the larger facts, be regarded as a source of everlasting satisfaction. Here we are a rich nation, clam- oring for our pound of flesh. We Jent the allies about $11,000,000.- 000. - England borrowed from us $4,600,000,000, and lent her allies, $8,860,000,000. Her total war ex- penditures were over $35,000,000,- 000. Yet England was willing to wipe out her war loans provided we would do the same. - Bits of Humor - Smith and Jones met again af- : ter several years, and in the mean- time both had married, Naturally the conversation veered round 1d family affairs. Said Smith: "I am going te try and get a divorce, for my wife hasn't spoken to me for over six months." "Better be careful," replied Jones, 'Don't do anything you'll be sorry for. You won't get another wife like that." : "Honey," said the husband, "I'm afraid we can't pay for the gas this month." "Well, dear," replied the wife, "don't let it leak out." A Chicago family, were given a good talking to by Judge = Jacob Schilman recently, the reason be- ing their little daughter was play~ ing in her bathing suit on the Oak Street Beach, That was all right. She wandered, however, from the beach to the-lawn, That was con- trary to Ordinance number some- thing. ' '""Hey, there, little girl," said Of- ficer Edward Smith, "it's against the law to be on the lawn in a bathing suit." The child, not waning to break the law, took off the bathing suit! He: "You have a marvellous color. You must have walked quite a distance to get that." She: "Yes, our local chemist doesn't keep it." Doctor (to patient's landlady): "Just keep him in bed, and above all, see that he does not eat too much." Seaside Landlady (grimly): "Certainly. I will; I have two or three other boarders who really ought to be in bed, too." FOR BAD DEBTS , Mrs. Parsons: "If woman was given the credit she deserves 1 don't think man would be quite so prominent in the world's history. Mr. Parsons: Quite true, my dear. If she could get all the cred- it she wanted he'd be in the work- house.--Tid-Bits, r Bits of Verse SANS REGRET little town, you've held ue long; Oh, little town replete With scud of flying gossip And thud of spying feet! Oh, I bid you now a glad good-bye, I've tarried over-long, To you an utter stranger, I, And stranger was my song. I seek consolation Of a more congenial land, The just appreciation Of souls who understand. Oh, little town, you've held me long; Oh, little town replete With howl of lying gossip And prowl! of prying feet! --E. Leslie Spaulding, in The Chi- cago Tribune, a eh We God's Idea of Marriage--Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the begin- ning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father - and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? herefote they are no more twain, but onc flesh. What therefore God hath joined to- gether; let not man put asunder.-- Matthew 19:4, §, 6. Prayer: O happy home, where twp in heart united, In holy faith and blessed hope are in, y By y rm W. Barton, M.D. FACTS ABOUT CANCER Aftesr each new triumph in medi- cine, wiping out smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, controlling tuberculosis, diabetes and other formerly fatal ill- nesses, you perhaps say to yourself "will cancer ever be cured"? Despite the fact that its axact cause is unknown, one outstanding thing has been learned and that is that "irritation" is the big factor. In England, in the days when chimney sweeps were the rule rather than the exception, it was found that 'the dirt and soot irritated portions of the body that were never exposed L to sunlight, and which because baths were scarce, were not kept clean. Cancer was common here, Natives of Africa and other parts of the world keep in the mouth the betel nut, which is irritating, They get cancer of the mouth. "Another savage race living in a colder climate wears, in the winter, on the abdomen, a bag of hot coal, and in the irritation produced by this continuous heat cancer develops. Up to a few years ago there were a large number of mouth cancers and here again it was due to irrita- tion; and the irritation of ragged dirty teeth, Today the number of these cases is becoming less because of the care now given to cleaning the teeth, and good dental care, For awhile there were a number of cases of cancer developed in X-ray operators due to burns. These also are becoming less in number owing to the care now exercised. Cancer of the breast usually means neglected care for one to three years of an irritated nipple, A corn, a wart, a hangnail, if ir- ritated, should not be neglected. What does all this mean? Well as Dr. Joseph Colt Bloodgond, the great cancer authority briefly puts, it" "none of us need longer be ignorant of the possible causes of cancer, and most of us can be pro- tected from the majority. of cancers by this correet information." His figures show that cancer of the | skin and mouth, 'late and 'hopeless cancer, has been reduced from more than fifty to less tham 10-per cent. and the number of individuals now seeking medical care before the spot on the skin or mouth becomes a can- cer, has increased twenty fold. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) GAY DAY OF MUSIC CHARMS AUDIENCES AT EXHIBITION CITY Groups of Trobadours Trans- form Grounds Into Feast of Color Toronto, Aug. 30.--More than any other day of the entire Exhibi- tion, yesterday was one to delight the eye and ear. Wandering groups of trouba- dours. transformed the grounds in- to a feast of music and color blithe as a maypole dance and vari- ed as a circus, Venerable men charmed out of ancient fiddles the old rollicking airs that gave zest and rhythm to BONDS BAY AND WELLINGTON STS S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 Srosie-ForLonG ¢@ dances long ago; the wizardry of 'radio and aeroplane conjured mu- sic out of the clouds; on many u temporary stage throughout the grounds tiny talented dancers pir- ouetted with the grace and vivacity of footlight favorites, and during the day bands from many parts of the country competed with brass and drum for supremacy. Music Day It was Music Day. And sound and color assailed visitors to the Exhibition from every side in de- lightful variety and profusion. Probably the greatest popular at- tention was attracted by the groups of troubadours which, in costumos of many picturesque designs, wan- dered from place to place, around the grounds. There were more than a score of such groups. And each one commanded a large and admiring audience at every per. formance. There was a delightful spirit of spontaneity in the casual wander- ings of these groups that gave un added spice of interest to their talented singing, playing and danc- ing. Through the Exhibition crowds attired in the drab tones of mod- ern dress there would move a group of troubadours in the powdered wigs and gay silk raiment of a more decorative age, a file of swash-buckling pirates or a com- pany of Ukrainian youths dressed in their bright and richly embroid- ered native costumes. They were little streams of flashing hues threading through the sombre fabric of everyday life. It seemed as though an army of masqueraders had lost their way tc Hart House. The music of these wandering troubadors was as varied as their dress. From certain vantage points the eye could see five or six of the groups performing at one time. It ranged from the Runnymede Scot- tish Choristers, who were accom- panied by a piper as they filed through the grounds, to the sing- ing of folksongs by the Ukrainjan People's Home Cholr, Dancing Is Attraction At various stages dancing held the centre of attention rather than music, The pupils of several danc- ing schools in the city contributed to this diversion. For the most purty the tiniest of dancers evoked the largest meagure of applause. Their graceful and finished perfeetion, together with original and attrac- tive costumes, proved: deliohify] entertainment. But the children did not hold all the limelight. The adult dancers attracted a great deal of attention too to prove something. joyous holiday spoiled because one man wanted to "They told me the car would do 70. . « + I tried to prove it." His was a lame though frank excuse. The traffic officer told how the car's speed had quickly mounted from 35 to 45 miles an hour, and then to 50 and on to 60. ' But a curve was ahead. The motorist admitted that it only seemed a second till he was upon it. The screech of brakes. A car hurtling over the ditch. A crash into a tree. Another highway accident. Wounded It is utter recklessness to see how fast your car can go. You can fully realize its reserve power at moderate speeds or on hills. Remember that the speed limit is 35 miles an hour in the open country, and twenty miles an hour in cities, towns and villages. Sane, careful driving of circumstances. Taking a curve at 35 miles an hour is reck- less driving. Passing a crowd of children at 20 miles an hour may be reckless driving. The traffic patrols are alert to appre- hend those who drive carelessly. By avoiding excessive speeds on crowded end, by having your car under control at help prevent accidents. We ur, during this week-end when traffic will be heavier. Highway Safety Committee within these ple. A ow off-- s is a matter ighways this week- times, you will your assistance, particularly RULES for SAFETY You must observe each one scrupulously all the time heavy. Have your car in' perfect me- chanical shape -- particular] JeskouSeoming Com and Zon 8 Give your undivided attention to your driving. In passing fic, be sure there is a place for you in the traffic line ahead. When other motor Vehicles try to pass you--Ilet them pass. In entering main streets or ways, or in a poaching highwa crossing " ere a m view of the track is obscured ~stop and look. Don't "Loaf" where traffic is Always signal before you slow down, stop, or change your course. Never back up before ascertain. ing that the road behind is clear. traf. LJ Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Highways, Chairman , Border Cities Chamber of Commerce J.P, Bickell, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Secretary Brigadier-General D. C. Draper, Chief of Police, Toronto W. G. Robertson, Sec-Treas., Ontario Motor : Thomas Marshall, Secretary, Ontario Associated Boards of Trade R. M. Smith, Deputy Minister of Highways Safety Secretary, Ottawa Board of Trade P., Hamilton HK Mayor J. Wikio, Catausque