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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1930 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every after- noon except Sundays and legal holidays at Osh- awa, Canada, by The Times Publishing Company, of Oshawa, imited. Chas. M. Mundy, President: A. R. Alloway, Managing Director. fhe Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Asso- ciation, the Ontario Provincial Dailics and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Delivered by carrier, in Oshawa and suburbs, 12¢ a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $3.00 a year; United States, $4.00 a year: TORONTO OFFICE §18 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. D. Tresidder, representative. MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1930 BE THERE TONIGHT By the time this appears in print the nominations for the various municipal offices for the city of Oshawa will have been com- pleted, and the electors will have some idea as to the type of men whose names have been selected as prospective candidates. For those who intend to remain in running, the campaign is now on, and from all indications it should be a merry one. Officially, however, the campaign opens this eveniing in the council chamber, when the nominees will have an opportunity of declaring themselves, of placing before the electors their claims for support if they de- cide to be,candidates. The retiring council members will have the opportunity of giving an account of their stewardship, and the newcomers, perhaps, will feel like voicing their criticisms of that stewardship. This meeting is the one big opportunity of the year for discussing municipal affairs, and every elector should feel his or her re- sponsibility to the extent of being present. There is, we feel sure, a keener interest in municipal affairs than there has been for some years past. Let us hope that this in- terest will be reflected in a banner attend- ance at the meeting tonight. THE INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN This morning twenty-five representative business men of the city of Oshawa started out on an important mission on the city's behalf. These men have undertaken, in three days, to complete the financing neces- sary for the construction of the Coulter Com- pany's factory. They are determined that this great industrial opportunity for the city will not be jeopardized because of lack of faith in the enterprise. This is an important undertaking. In it is involved the future industrial welfare of Oshawa. If the response to the efforts of these men falls short of the requirements, then the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce and the Oshawa Industrial Foundation might as well go out o. existence, because both of these organizations need the fullest support of the community to make their work suc- cessful. One or two men cannot carry the burden alone. It must be spread on the shoulders of all who are interested in Osh- awa's development, and there is not a single citizen who can atiord to see this effort fail Perhaps there has not been sufficient understanding of the situation, bul it is enough to say that this is'a testing time for Oshawa. The result will decide whether the city is to remain stagnant, or whether it is to go ahead. And only those who are can- vassed can supply the answer. They can, by: their subscriptions, send the city off to a new era of industrial development, and that, above all things, is what is needed in Osh- awa today. MAYOR MITCHELL'S RETIREMENT Nt The complimentary banquet tendered to Mayor Mitchell by his colleagues of the city council the other evening was a well-deserv- ed tribute to a man who has given much in service for the community. At the end of this year, the mayor will retire from office aftér two years in the mayor's chair. These have not been easy years. They have pro- duced tremendous problems, problems diffi- cult of solution, and the mayor has had no easy task in giving leadership to their solu- tion. : There will; doubtless, be some who will eriticize the mayor's term of office. No man in public life can expect to escape criticism. Yet, when everything is taken into consider- ation, Oshawa has been well served by Mayor Mitchell. He has faced times of difficulty courageously, and has done his part in try- ing to bring relief to the conditions which have existed. Whoever his successor may be, it will be no easy task to fill his place, and in laying down the gavel, he is fully deserving of the sincere thanks of the whole community for his whole-souled efforts to promote the welfare of Oshawa. ADVERTISING WILL DO IT According to Roger Babson, eminent statistical and business authority, the ball of prosperity is ready to start rolling. All that it needs is a push to start it off on the way. And that push, in his opinion, can only be supplied by advertising. The noted econ- omist backs this up by saying: "The tired consumer is getting ready now to put his money to work. And he has more money than he has ever had before; remember that. This depression has had little effect on his earnings. But | | | | | | | he has been holding it back." Now he is ready to let loose. Banks and industrial institutions are likewise approaching the mood where they will loosen the strings around their idle funds. The world's most successful business houses know that advertising is the lifeblood of husi- ness, and that it is more than ever nec- essary and vital when conditions are de- pressed." EDITORIAL NOTES Be at the public meeting to hear the elec- tion nominees tonight. Lots of people are looking forward to 19- 31 to give them a fresh start. Let us hope their expectations will be more than realized. It should be remembered that elections are not held for the benefit of the candidates, but for the general welfare of the whole com- munity. If cigars and handshakes are rather plen- tiful this week, it :s only an indication that the election campaign has started. The municipal election campaign is going to be short, but that does not necessarily mean that it will be sweet. From now until tomorrow night, the great question for the nominees will be "To run or not to run." If reports are true, then Premier Bennett is preparing to act the part of a belate Santa Claus to the west. | Other Editors' Comment IMPORT AMERICAN READING (Toronto Mail and Empire) World-Wide, published in' Montreal joins wi in hoping that something may be done abo hibiting the importation of American magazines, is estimated that 50,000,000 Amerikan periodicals are purchased in Canada every year. About a million Copies a week make an average of one copy lor every English-speaking home, for: French Canada is com- paratively, it not entirely, immune from this invasion. These periodicals, bad and good, carry an immense amount advertising--silent "beckoning, of salesmen not only our Canadian dollars, but our Canadian citi- zens across the border." To the extent that Cana dians read this advertising, they come to consider the American factory as their factory--even as the consider the American publisher 'their publisher. SOONER OR LATER (Charlottetown Guardian) If every person signing a petition requesting ex pansion and betterment of government service wer. required. to attach his individual check for his shar of the cost of such increased service, requests would be few -and far between. LOOKING TO CANADA (Border City Star) The declaration of Dr. Wunsch of Krupp's, while in Montreal, that the great German steel firm is likely to establish a plant in Canada, is intercsting as show ing that other countries besides the United States and Great Britain are beginning to see that possibiii ties of the Canadian market for home-manufactured products. The range of goods manufactured by Krupp's is so enormous, from the making of iron from the ore to the highly specialized manufacture of typewriters, that Dr. Wunsch's statement is a little indefinite as to the type of plant that is contemplate] in Canada. Krupp's have become an important factor in the agricultural machinery industry of Europe and there are more than a few of their products that would no doubt find a ready market in this country #f manufactured definitely for our market in the Do- minion. BITS OF HUMOR The Caveman: I'm going to kiss you and kiss yon and kiss you! The Girl: I'hat would only be three times. TOO BAD have such a smart overcoat that I cannot nd why you have such worn-out trousers. how £an 4 man get new trousers in a ies u taurant ' OLD STUFF Salesman: Have you seen the latest fountain-pen, sit? Absolutely impossible for ink to escape from it anywhere. Customer: '(ood heavens that sort for years. I've tried to write with THE POOR SAX Music was prohibited during certain hours in the precincts of the college, but one undergraduate found the saxophone more engrossing than his studies. Next day he received a note from the higher auth ority "Much against my better judgment and for pu poses of discipline only, | am compelled to regard your saxophone playing as music." BITS OF VERSE THE TOY-STREWN HOUSE Give me the house where the toys are strewn, \Where the dolls are asleep in the chairs, Where the building blocks and the toy balvon And the soldier guards the stairs. Let me step in the house where the tiny cart With its horses, rules and floor, \nd rest comes in my weary heart, For I am at home once more. Give me the house with the toys about, With the battered old train of cars, The box of paints and the books leit out And the ship with her broken spars; Let me step in a house at the close of day That is littered with children's toys, And dwell unce more in the haunts of pay \Vith the cchoes of bygone noise, Give me the house where the toys are scen The house where the children romp, And I'll happier be than man has been "Neath the gilden dome of pomp. Let me see the litter of bright-eyed play Strewn over the parlor floor, . And the joys I knew in a far-off day i Will gladden my heart once more. Whoever has lived in a toy-strewn home, Though feeble he be and gray, Will yearn, no matter how far he roam, For the glorious disarray Of the little house with its littered floor .That was his in the bygone days, And his heart will throb as it throbbed before When he rests where a baby plays. --Selected. oy €. H, Tuck, Opt, D. (Copyright, 1928) EFFICIENCY Part Led od I was rcading an article recently entitled "Can Eyes Cause Insanity," and some quotations from this article are worthy of comment perhaps as a further proof of statements I have made before and many of these ex- tracts are worthy of comment and worthy of thought, "The more recent experiences with ocular causes of ep- ilepsy and beyond a doubt a great production of idiopathis cases of epil- epsy have for their cause ocular con- ditions." I have covered in many of my pre- vious articles the symptoms 1 am go- ing to mention so it will not be ne- cessary to explain them again in an extended manner. Insomnia, convul- sive movements of Chorea, Headach- t Igia, Asthenopia, Neureath- aine, Dyspepsia, Mental forms of nervous actions, | {other | symptoms Many of the above have their or- igin in certain classes of defects which already covered before, may in be given consideration, When or find to be existing a which we know in was connected to the similar to those above mentioned would you consider it wise to wait until further suffering led to a more definite conclusion or would you not believe it wise to use a little wisdom applied to prompt action in an cffort of prevention, To be continued. suspect muscular defect cases Which { DID YOU EVER STOP TO THIN! «| stronger, JOHN D. GOLD, EDITOR OF THE WILSON (N.C.) TIMES, SAYS: economists over expert Who nave the rea [HAT untry been trying t 1 for the sh values have reached the co n that the trouble is a la onsumption This is und tiue regardless of the reasons 1 reductions in consumption and th It 0, are Numerous. | Now the first thing a business ma thinks of doing when hard times a: rive is to cut his advertsing apy priation, when that is the very thing he should do for reason t! advertising creates demand for pr ducts of all kinds, and continued a vertising assists in keepng up th demand. [he ladies spend ninety per cent. « all the money that the men accumu late, 'They are extremcly sensitive t the many new things that are con tinually. produced, whether it is wear ing apparel, articles of ado-nment for the person or the honie. They are at- tracted to various foods and try then out as soon as they are advertised and come on the market. In this way the f is benefited because the products of the farm, the cereals and its are' consumed as a result { the interest created in the article t ugh advertising, This is indicated mn the growing demand for the various cereal foods and the cam- paign against so much eating, which has cut down the business of the packers, and they are giving demon- strations over the country showing how attractively and economically meat cuts can be made and insisting that eating more' meat means a a healthier and a sturdy race. The result of this will, of course, cause an increased consump tion of meat, met In other words, this is an age for creating desires to mecct the enor- mous production that the advent of labor saving machinery has brought about which is responsible for much of the unemployment. Unless it is done production must be decrcased in line with consumption. To sum up 'burden each, and armed | the whole question, if you ever ex- | pect to sec a return of old time pros- perity you must increase the buying | power of the country by paying good | wages, and to do this there must be ! created a greater demand for the ar- | ticles made, whether from factory or field, AND TO ACOMPLISH THIS | THERE MUST BE A LARGER AMOUNT OF ADVERTISING, FOR THE MIND CONTROLS ALL THINGS AND THE POWER OF SUGGESTION CONTROLS THE MIND AND MAKES IT DESIRE THOSE THINGS WHICH THE HUMAN IS ABLE TO ENJOY, -------- SOME ADVERTISEMENTS Wanted-- Assistant butcher. One able to drive and kill himself pre- terred. . Man wanted for gardening, also to take charge of a cow who sings in the choir and plays the organ. Lost--A pair of spectacles by a man in red leather case with a silk lining, Lost--A bunch of keys, by a gen- tleman on a purple string. Wanted--A boy to gather fourteen years old. eggs NO GENTLEMAN'S JOB A farmer passing through the Vil- lage of Meigle, shortly after Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman had been appointed Prime Minister, stopped his gig to have a chat with the old stone-breaker by the roadside. "Well, John," said the farmer, "what do you think of the Laird now they have made him Prime 'Minis- ter?" "I think he is too much of a gentle- man for that job," replied the old man. DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE SHIPPING AS GREAT INDUSTRY Far Cry From Primitive Ves- sels of Early Days to the Huge Freighters and Grain Boats of Today (By Jack Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Writer) Toronto, Ont., Dec. 29.--An- other mile stone in Canadian in- land navigation history has pass- ed; another shipping season has closed on the Great Lakes. While the volume of shipping on the in- land seas is expected to show a reduction this year due to the economic depression and other circumstances, still and all, lake shipping will retain its position as one of this country's big indus- tries. It is a far ery from the days of old, with their somewhat primi- tive vessels, to those of today, when thousands of huge steamers, each carrying enormous loads ot ore, coal, and grain, yearly ply the lakes. It is a far cry from the arge canoe of the voyageur to the steamer Lemoyne, capable of carry- ing the tremendous load of 6555, 000 bushels of grain, Times have changed, and with their changing has come the complete abolition of sall on the lakes as a means of propulsion. And now steam, be- nLeved for years to be the most effective means of operation, is gradually giving way to ofl drive. After the canoe-propelled vessel came the small sail-boat, then the schooner, and then the larger sall ing vessel or clipper ship. The growth of this type, of ship on the Great J came gradually, The first is ed to have been the Griffin, Ct ier de La Salle's ves- sel, which was lost near the Mani- toulin Island, and the wreck of urveyed and investi a few months -ago. Iirst Lakes Steamboat However, the first steamboat is not so veiled in m ry. She was e "Walk on the iter," built at iffalo, N.Y., and this primitive Il did n t very long an Irs the first on the lal and rain from istin » COIFEO con Kes bell ted nit ockie he was es, Lake f 151 an mer which was vol steps in naval dis- + signed by the United | Was as | + Great Doitain, 1 t 'an lake nment and United ned 1 0 on each nm Lake Ontario, to one ves 1 exceeding 100 tui bn and armed with one « " nnon. On the Upj lo two ves:cls, not ex il li with li force all other armed vessels 0) those lakes sirall be forihwith dis mantled and no other vesiel 0 war shall be there built or arm ed." The treaty was both sides, and my: tion of "navies" insota lakés were concerned coastguard vessels, used 10stly for the prevention of cmuggling, are still operated on tlie lakes, In 1817, Canada came to the fore in shipbuilding, and in that year two steam vessels made their appearance. They were the On- tario and the Frontenac, and both met with disaster on their initial trips. © The Ontario was a side- wheeler, built at Sackett's Land- inz, and, running into heavy weather, the side wheels were torn from their bearings. The Frontenac started out from Prescott, Ontario, and ran aground in the Thousand Islands. The Ontario was 110 feet long, and of 24 foot beam, while the Frontenac was 60 feet longer, and eight feet wider. From 1§17 to 1907, progress was slow so far as steamers were concerned, but one of the largest steamship lines in Canada was formed in 1907, and from then on progress became increasingly rapid. Early in the present century, the grain movement from west to east really got under way. Three routes were opened: rail to Port Arthur, and water to Montreal; water to Georgian Bay ports and rail to Montreal, Quebec or Port- land, Me.; water from the head of the lakes to Buffalo, and rail to American south Atlantic ports. And incidentally, including brok- erage and transfer fees, It costs from 60 to 66 cents per bushel to transfer wheat from Manitoba to Great Britain. In the past 15 years, steam has rapidly replaced sail on the lakes. This year, the last schooner of her type, the Our Son, foundered in a storm, and the passing of the ple- turesque old sailboat was regarded with a feeling of regret. Many of the old schooners had been used in recent years for barges, being towed by steamers, but the Our Son was: the last vessel to move under sail, - HEven steam power is not im- mune from the process of trans- portation change, for in the past two or three years, many internal combustion driven boats have made their appearance on the in- land seas, and still more are on the ways in readiness for launching. Fast Loadings But while things have changed considerably with regard to ves sels, things have also changed in loading and unloading, conditions, pound ci recpected bb aboli the However, rked the as to be main- | The amount of cargo carried by single vessels is amazing, but. the loading process is even more 80. The Lemoyne, for instance, built of Canadian material at a Cana- dian shipyard, and the largest ves- sel on the lakes, has been loaded at Port Arthur in seven hours, 29 minutes, and on that occasion her cargo of 656,000 bushels of wheat was an all-time record. As an example of the value of time in loading, it may be consid- ered that it costs around $500 per | day for demurrage for the time a | vessel stays at the dock. Not only wheat and stone, however, is han- dled so rapidly. The B.G. Kerr, an American vessel, some time ago established a record for loading with iron ore. The test was made officially by the Lake Carrier's Association, and their report says: "The ship arrived at the dock at 4.42 12 p.m. Loading began im- mediately, and the ship was ready for departure at exactly five o'clock, The total loading time was 16 1-2 minutes. The cargo was iron ore. The load was 12,607 tons." At Conneaut, the end of the trip, this entire cargo was placed ashore in three hours, five minutes, also of- ficlal time, Honors are fairly evenly divided with regard to "records." The port of Duluth, Minnesota, Is the greatest iron shipping port in the world---but the twin ports of Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario. are the greatest grain shipping ports in the world, Just how much money is invest- ed in shipping in Canada is high- ly problematical. Docks, elevators, unloading machinery, and all the buildings and varehouses neces- sary for successful operation are costly products, while the cost of vessels alone mounts to many mil- lions. One Canadian shipping com- pany has nearly 100 boats in op- eration, vessels which are as large as the smaller ocean liners. And there are almost 100 smaller companies The salary bill for crews alone is also figured well above the $5,- 000,000 mar':, for each vessel car- ries an average of 23 men. The only real drawback to Cana- dian shipping, is the *freeze-up" in the winter, which means a com- plete cessation of navigation for several months, While the tie-up does give owners an opportunity to make needed repairs and over- haul their ships, it also means that crews, in the majority of including three passenger | with the WE GIVE YOU OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION We are in a position to give you exceptional service, because we de- vote all our attention to the needs of the builder. We are ed, and we can give you the ma- terial'you want when you need it, and what is equally important--at competitive prices. Oshawa Lumber COMPANY LIMITED 25 Ritson Rd. North Telephone 2821.2820 my thoroughly conversant stock and facilities need- cases, are out of work all winter, For the person providing a satis- factory method of keeping Cana- dian boats moving through the ice and storms of the arduous win- ter, fortune is waiting, | AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE | MAKES NEW RECORD | (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) | Sydney, Australia, Dee, 29,--J. A. Carlton, who wore Australia' colors in the last Olympic games, broke the Australian record for the 100-yard dash Saturday when he| sped the distance in 9 3-5 seconds. He was running against a slight breeze. EMPIRE WHEAT (Manchester Guardian) The British Empire, taken as a whole is a large exporter of wheat. Do what we may, therefore. in the way of shutting our foreign wheat, there will always be a surplus of our Empire wheat to be disposed of abroad. It would make no differ ence whether the foreign wheat were kept out by means of tarius or Import Boards. Excpt therefore, in so far as the Dominions exploijt- ed the British market in the mat- ter of price, preference won'd move little difference to them, The for- eign wheat which would have co. peted with them on the British market would still compete with them on foreign markets. The total amount of wheat produced in the world would be much the same but the distribution of it would be a little different and a little less economical. Housewife--"I haven't must to eat in the house, but would you like some cake ?" Tramp: "Yes." Housewife: "Yes--what ?" Tramp: "Yes, dear." DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE OTTAWA, CANADA To My Fellow Citizens, Everywhere in Canada. Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New! December 27th, 1930. be your creed: Another few days and 1930, with whatever it has brought us of success or of failure, will have passed into history, and our thoughts will be centred on a new year, and on the better times we sincerely hope it has in store for us. While the opportunites of the past are gone beyond recall, the future is ours to make of it what we will. And we can make it a far brighter, a far more prosperous future, for ourselves individually and for Canada as a whole, if we all resolve to profit by the lessons our experience has taught us. Among those lessons, surely we have learned how dependent each of us is for his own opportunities and his own advancement upon the well-being of Canadian producers as a class, and how much better it would be for every one of us if in our daily buying we were all to favour Canadian products. If you believe that 'Produced-in-Canada" doctrine is sound common sense, that it points the logical way not only to relieve unemployment but to lay broader and deeper the foundations of our national prosperity, why not make the practice of it one of your foremost resolutions for 1931? Celebrate the new year by ringing out old habits of carelessness in buying, and ringing in the new resolve henceforth to be studiously careful. For 1931 let this "I believe in Canada. "I love her as my home. I honour her institutions. I rejoice in the abundance of her resources. "I glory in the record of her achievements. I have unbounded con- fidence in the ability of her people to excel in whatsoever they undertake. I cherish exalted ideals of her destiny as a leader among world nations. "To her I pledge my loyalty. To the promotion of her best interests I pledge my support. To her products I pledge my patronage.. And to the cause of her producers I pledge my devotion." If you are willing to embrace this creed, a copy of same artistically executed in colours, and on heavy stock suitable for use as a wall hanger or for framing, is yours for the asking. Just clip and fill in the coupon herewith. Address your envelope as shown on the coupon. Mail it without affixing stamp, for this particular letter will be carried free. Very sincerely yours, NH oe Minister of Trade and Commerce. The Minister of Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Canada Please mail copy of "MY CREED" to Name. Ad Post Office. Versi Town or City -- Province English 0) French [) Place check mark to indicate the lansuass you want, The Oshawa Daily Times i -- i Moh