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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 19351 Daily Times 4 Succeeding - THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Establist.ed 1871) } indepéndent newspaper publisl.cd every after- foon except Sundays and l=ga) holidays at Osh- Sauada, by. Tin ublishing any i Chas. M. Mundy, President Alloway, Managing Director. Shana Daily Timés is a member of The Cana- ress, the Canadian Daily Newspape: Asso- ciation; the Ontario Provincial Dailies and the it Buréaw of Circtilations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ed by ca Osha d suburbs, 12¢. 4 ud rr of As hig lly car- delivery 9) 00 a vear. United States 2 year TORONTO OFFICE d Build Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide rir A Tresidder, representative. F-_s © TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1931 A Tragedy of War 4 Yesterday an Oshawa war veteran, in fit of despondency, ended his own life. was due to enter the Christie Street ospital, that place of refuge for those Jor Whom the war has not yet ended, in ®rder to have treatment for his war. dis- abilities. But the strain of the months of Proken-down health, and of the knowledge hat he was unable to work and earn a Jiving for himself and his family, was too reat, and he took the quick and the easy aay out. & This incident is a tragedy of war. Here 'was a man who went forth to serve his 'country in the greatest of all wars, and 'came home disabled, with a condition which became aggravated as the years went on. A small pension helped to im- Pleiment his income, but with the passing of years, the strain of wartime hardships took its toll, and he was laid aside. Em- ployment was not available, and even if it Bad been, he was not, on account of his health, able to undertake it. So, rather than face a future which seemed to hold out no hope for him, he ended everything. There are thousands of sad stories that can be told of men in similar circumstane- es who have not taken this road out, but who are today facing conditions like those of the Oshawa man. These men are falling by the wayside of industry, be- "cause they have intangible disabilities, "handicaps which cannot be traced directly "to any particular wound or sickness incur- 'ved on war service, but which are, never- y the result of the terrific strain upon human endurances and phy- How these men can be adequately care of is a problem that has not 'yet been solved. The War Veterans Al- owance Act and the Pensions Act go a pertain distance towards providing a solu- but it is still too difficult for war berans in this condition to unwind the tape which ties up these remedial jes. There is still too much of an istence of definite and positive proof, "instead of sympathetic consideration and 8 desire to give the benefit of the doubt "to those who apply for assistance under these acts. Some day, perhaps, this may 'be attained, but, in the meantime, we are surrounded by war tragedies, which are fall the more intense because of the fact {that the war is now thirteen years awgy 'awa to send a further quota of unemployed single men to the Northern Ontario con- ction camps. The city, perhaps, has pen fortunate in the recognition that has far been given to its problem in connee- hese camps. But the situation still de- nds further action. There are still be- veen 750 and 1000 men in the city who are the same category as those who have al- : gone north, and the care of these constitutes a 'serious problem for the muni- It Has to be recognized that there are ny other towns and cities in Ontario which must be assisted through the me- um of the northern construction work. few of them have so large a registra- on of single men, proportionately, as this ity has. Premier Henry must be fully WV of this fact, since a complete report n the registration here was sent to him weeks ago. It would, therefore, be quite 'opportune for the mayor and council to 'make another effort to secure relief in this direction, by appealing to those in charge f the scheme to take another quota, larger a the last, from this city, to work in orthern Ontario. "The Reading of Books Members of the Oshawa Rotary Club g given a splendid demonstration, at gir weekly luncheon yesterday, of the lion of the reading of good books. 'Sanderson, Toronto librarian, the er, presented a delightful analysis of 3 and imagination through the reading of good books. Books properly read--the right type of books,--can make a splendid addition to that life-long edueation which never ceases, which does not end when shhool of college"days are over, but which continues throughout life. And when such education can be made as fascinating as it was portrayed by Mr. Sanderson, then it becomes not only an education, but also a recreation which ean make a great contri- bution to the pleasant and profitable use of leisure hours. Editorial Notes The expenditure of $400,000 in public works in Oshawa this winter means a defi- nite and substantial payroll to be expended each week in the stores of the city. The Associated Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce are in favor of ab- olishing the automobile speed limit in On- tario. In practice, the motorists abolished it long ago. It only remains for the legis- lature to legalize that abolition. With gold so valuable a commodity to Canada and the British Empire, it is to be hoped that the recent discoveries in North- ern Ontario and elsewhere in the Dominion will prove of a substantial character. British cabinet ministers are not having much success in addressing election meet- ings in labor districts. But constituencies do not always vote in accordance with the howling of the mob. Oshawa had a fine record of nineteen days without a fire call, to be broken only by a call to a small chimney fire. Now let us start all over again and make a new re- cord. Bluengse won a splendid victory over its United States rival in the first race for the championship of the North Atlantic fishing fleet. Britishers seem to have a knack, these days, of winning laurels for speed. The local golf club. season is officially closed, but that does not mean the end of golf for the year for the enthusiasts. Oshawa's industries are to appear in the movies, Let us hope that, when the films are taken, they are all busy enough to make a real showing. Other Editor's Comments LAWRENCE WATERWAY (Manitoba Frec It is to be assumed that Mr.*Bennett is ready to take the neccessary steps to carry the seaway down the river to Montreal, there to connect with the deep channel that goes out to the sea, Hav- ing regard only to navigation. nothing is to be gained by completing the international section and the Beauharngjs canal if the obstruction at La- chine is to remain. A: treaty implies a complete seaway. If this is the policy of the Dominion Gov- ernment, it means that the power interests of Que- bec are not going to be allowed, under specious protests, to hold up the construction of the seaway with the incidental development of power. These interests started out some four or five years ago to block the whole scheme. When the pressure be- came too strong they staged the Beauharnois stunt --which was ostensibly an instalment of the sea- way, but was, in, reality, intended to be an effective agency of delay: If Mr. Bennett is prepared to brush aside all the political and financial interests that are playing for delay, he can undoubtedly make an arrangement with Washington, quite fair to both countries, which will ensure the early construction of the seaway 1% BITS OF HUMOR MODEST MODERNISM Here is a Whistler story, which was told by Joseph Pennell, himself a distinguished artist: "Whistler, when an art student, used to copy cele- brated paintings in the Louvre, I found him there on day, hard at work on a copy of the famous "Mona Lisa" "You've done a fine thing there!" | remarked, for the copy was a good one. "Yes," Whistler agreed 'I am pleased with it, and then, in his. whimsical way, he added: "I wonder what they'll do with the poor old original now?" Al. Press) An American invited some of his countrymen to his grouse-shoot in Scotland. Though they were tyros at the game they set off blithely on the first morning. Some hours later they returned, one limp- ing and the remaining three bandaged, "Say," ob- served the host's wife as she met them at the door, "you all look as though you'd been in the wars, but never mind, that's a fine heavy bag you're carry- ing." "Bag," detorted the husband, grimly, "say, honey, that isn't a bag. That's the ghillie." He: "Waiter, I'll take a steak." She: "I'll take one, too--a tender one." Waiter (calling to the cook): "Two steaks--one tender." "Just the thing for you, sir. Worth double the money, latest pattern, fast colors, holeproof, néver wear out, and it's a good yarn,' "Yes--and quite "well told, too." TIPPING HIM OFF Political speaker--I'm pleased to see this dense crowd here tonight : ' Voice from the Back-Don't be so pleased. We ain't all densc. BITS OF VERSE EPITAPH ON A POET I want no stone behind by head to lie When at the last my friends shall give me rest, Remember that its shadow I die Would yet lie still too heavy on my breast. Let me then sleep beneath a willow tree, So shall there be between the leaves a light, And even in the darkness shall [ gee 3 A difference between the day and night. How can the blackness cast itself a shade, Blindness cry out upon a barren star? Oh! that imagination, like a blade, Might shiver into silver ere it war "lover coming to this place es a . To watch the willows shadow into lac ims cian ns ~Leslie Pocock, iu Go. | A city " Eye Care and Eye Strain by C. H. Tuck, Ope, D, (Copyright, 1928) - THE CHILD AND ITS DEVELOP. MENT---NUTRITION AND MAL- NUTRITION Part 4 It may be hard to place our fin- gers on facts pointing to the ill effects of malnutrition and under- nourishment that we may say that such are among the important causes of mental inability, bad vision, disease or other physical defects, but however, Investig. tions prove that in undernourish- ed children the progress of any or all defects is more rapid and the main period of development is during the child and school life, The tissues are plastic and even In the normal child, must ¢hange, It follows then, that the {ll-develop- ed, undernourished child is open to influence under any pressure of long hours, overwork, close appli- cation to work and all the above are emphasized because of the poor foundation of the child's weak constitution. A large percentage of the infer- lor types of people morally, phy- sically, and mentally are the rod- ucts of environment and poor liv- ing conditions as a beginning. This then develops into inferior home and school training and the education is retardeq and the damage felt is later endangering the financial, social and spiritual life. ' (To be continued) THAT no city is hard knocks, immune from If a city has a well developed community spirit, hard knocks Just spur it on to greater achieve- ments, If It has a few narrow gauged citi- zens, It should pass on and forget them. If nobody last long. A city where the people care is al- ways a progressive eity. A city where the people contri. bute generously of their time and money to help it on its way always becomes a greater city, . should not expect some- thing for nothing; they won't get it cared, a city wouldn't A waiting policy never brought any new industries. If they are worth having, they are worth going after, SOME CITIES ARE ALWAYS GO. ING TO DO SOMETHING. NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT--GET SOMEHING DONE, EARLY BLIZZARD IN MacKENZIE DELTA Edmonton Alta. -- First bliz- zard of the season over the Mac- kenzie delta and Arctic coast has terminated mall service for the summer season to Aklavik, Arctic post 1300 miles northwest of here, Winter is closing down rapidly in the north country and the Are- tic is blanketed with snow-the ear- llest in ten years. It is nature's warning to the airmen to give up fying until after the freeze-up period. A switch tower with all iron parts welded together has just been completed in the Stendal, Germany, railway station, and is sald to resist practically all vib- ration. Norman "Wigard" Smith, Aus- tralian auto driver, expects to at- tain 300 miles an hour in his new machine. 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Scott, deputy- minister of Indians affairs in the Dominion government, who re- cently completed a tour of reser- vations scattered throughout the Indians live on scattered reserva- tions. Growing in number, they eagerly seek the white men's edu- cation. Health of the Indians was greatly improved, Dr. Scott found, This was due principally to better housing conditions and more edu- cation, Throughout the whole Do- minion there had not been an epi- demic among the Indians during the past 12 months, They were just ag hard hit by unemployment a8 white people, however, Dr. Scott stated. General depression had reached into the Indian vil- lages despite special grants from the government to guarantee against privation, Education is making tremen- dous strides among the Indians, in the opinion of W, M, Graham, commissioner for Indian affairs in the prairie provinces. Mr. Gra- ham accompanied Dr, Scott on his tour of the west, It was found difficult to find accommodation for all Indian pupils seeking ad- mittance to schools, Two years ago, he said, Indian parents re- fused to allow their ehildren to at- tend schools but now they are cla- moring for the opportunity. Ontario Indians, he mentioned, are taking courses to qualify as teachers store clerks and for sim- flar positions. In the north por- tion of the prairie provinces they had good crops and an abundance of feed, In the Lake Winnipeg district, however, it was found they were suffering from searcity of fish in the lakes. Fishing is their livelihood in this area, it was pointed out, and the government has sent supplies for their benefit, HOMES TORN DOWN, CONSTRUCT LAKE Military Value of New Italian Project is Noted Three villages with a than 2,000 evacuated to the construction in Genoa, population of more people aret o he make room for of the largest artificial lake Europe. This is to be built by the Italian government in the Borbora valley of the Apennine Mountains, 25 miles from Genoa and will be five miles long, nearly two miles wide and 250 feet in depth. The lake will serve the twofold purpose of acting as a reservoir for a commercial hydro-electric power plant and as a useful base for military aeroplanes and sea- planes in the event of war. Claims by the populace for ex- propriation have been already set. tled and work on construction of the new lake willb e started dur- ing the coming winter, The energy available from two falls to be created at one end of the lake will total 44,000 hp, In addition the outflowing water will be used for irrigation and another 7,000 hp. of electrical energy will be available from the falls that are to convey water to the plains, REFUSE T0 LOWER MINIMUM WAGES Queb:c Wage Bosrd Re- jects Appeal Made to it by Manufacturers Montreal.--The Women's Mini- mum Wage Board, at a sitting held recently under the chairman- ship of Gustave Francq, definitely refused to accede to the request of certain manufacturers, asking that the minimum wage scale for women be lowered because of the decrease in the cost of living. In a statement issued at the conclu- sion of the deliberations, the com- mission explained that the mini- mum wage scale had been prepar- ed carefully, having in view the living conditions of the female worker and the interests of indue- try, and that the cost of living had not decreased sufficiently to jus- tify a revision of the scale. The commission has also con- sidered many complaints from workers to the effect that certain employers had established the piece work system, instead of the eight- or ten-hour system, thereby reducing the earning power of the female workers. It recalls that whatever system {is established the employer is bound to maintain the minimum wage established by the commission, Furthermore, the statement sald, no employer fis authorized to increase the num- ber of hours per. day allowed hy the commission, Mrs. Catherine McGinley has died at East Maitland, N.S.W,, at the age of 111, Under Spain's proposed agra- rian reform 60,000 families would receive grants the first year. A French syndicate has pur chased three coal mines near Car- marthenshire, Wales, and may buy two more. Pacifie-type locomotives recent. ly tested in France, ran from Paris to Bordeaux in. five hours, 48 minutes, an average speed, in- $3 miles an hour, Contributed Huge Sum To Assist Employment C.P.R. § nt more than $11,000,000 on new Branch Lines and station buildings and provided 351,000 days work for men otherwise unemployed. Coe operated by doing work years ahead. ince the commencement of the isting mic situation the Canadian Pacific Railway bas spent a matter of eleven to twelve million dollars in providing work jor shemfloyed Cabadians, When it was n the summer of 1930, that certain areas of south: Saskatchewan were to suffer from almost complete crop failure, the Company took hon itself to assist the peaple in that territory by nning the cons- truction of a branch line between Vanguard and May- not, "in the ordinary course of busi events, have been built for some time, and certainly not at a time , When there was no crop available in that particu- Mr. EW. Beatty lar territory. Chairman and President But the Com- Canadian Pacific Ry. pany desired to Lg employment to the farmers and their teams in the drought area. The total cost of the line is estimated to be approximatel $1,000,000, and this work is sti proceeding. The Dominion Government sub- sequently undertook considerable work for the unemployment relief, and the Canadian Pacific was called upon to cooperate. This the Company did to the limit of its ability by anticipating works which would, normally, not have been started for a num r of years, These works included a number of new branch lines, the building of a new station at Regina, some grade revision in British Columbia, and also the pplication on various subdivisions of new rail and new rock and gravel ballast. The total ig LH these works were estimated at $11,614,000 and, according to agreement with the Government, are to be completed at the end of the current year. It is true that the Dominion agreed to pay jn- terest {or 4 fipuited fReriod on this capital , but r receipt of this interest, the Canadian Pacific will still have expended over $10,800,000 from its own Treasury in otder to improve the situation in the country generally. This ex- penditure has been made at a time when the Company's revenues are suffering severely as a result of ness depression. This pro- gramme of work, undertaken in order to cooperate with the Government, had given 351,000 days work to individuals otherwise unemployed up to August 31st last, and at Peplember 14th it was es- timated that approximately 100,- 000 more working days would be furnished before the works were completed, Although the Company has suc- ceeded in making substantial re- ductions in operating costs, it has hesitated to pursue its policy of economy to the limit out of regard for the serious obligatidn which rests upon all corporations to give as much employment as possible. While protecting the interest of shareholders as far as is consistent, with its duty to the country, the Canadian Pacific has been con- servative in its application of measures which would increase the number of unemployed in Canada. Only Jauently, after experienring very severe decreases in earnings, have they pared down their forces to the bare essentials necessary for operation. 787 World Wheat Position is Against Producers' End World consumption of wheat dus- ing the past year was somewhat less than the total quantity produced, with the result that stocks carried over into the new season are es- timated to be nearly 100 million bushels greater than they were a vear ago, says the Royal Bank of Canada's monthly review of busi- ness conditions, Market conditions, it continues, have continued unsatisfactory to producers and substantial reductions were made in the acreages sown to wheat this year; present indica- tions are that world production will be substantially less as a result of this reduction and because of the extremely unfavorable weather con- ditions in the spring wheat areas of Canada and the United States Ir world ocnsumption during the cur- rent year is maintained at the level of the past few vears, supplies at the end of the year should be re- duced to more normal proportions, Harvests in the northern hemis- phere supply over seventy-five per cent of the world's wheat, Produc- tion this year, excluding Russia, China, ahd a few minor countries, is estimated at 3,016 million bushels, against 3,139 million bushels for the same countries in 1930, the "largest decrease shown is that in the Cana- dian crop. Conditions in Europe have varied greatly as between countries but the total outturn is expected to be about the same as last year. Increases are indicated for France, Italy and Germany and decreases for Rumania, Hungary, oland, and Czechoslovakia. Stocks of old wheat in Europe carried over into the new scason, were reported to be very small and considerable damage was caused to the new grain by wet weather at harvest time, The production of rye in Eurpoe this year is substantially less than last year, In Germany, the decrease is estimated at 40 million bushels, and in Poland at 70 million bushels. The total falling off is estimated at near- ly 140 million bushels and additional wheat 'will, no doubt, be required to meet «this deficiency. United States Estimate The official estimawe for the cur- rent crop in the United States is 886 million bushels against 865 mil- lion bushels last year and a five year average of 822 million bushels, The outturn of winter wheat, 77. million bushels, is the largest on record and compares with 612 mil- lion bushels last year and an aver- age of 548 million bushels, On the other 'hand, the spring wheat areas suffered from drought and other unfavorable conditions with the re- sult that the crop of durum wheat is estimated at less than 20 million 5 {20 per cent. bizshels, against 57 million bushels, last year; and an average of 67 mil lion bushels; other spring wheats (of bread varieties) are expected to vield 91 million bushels against 194 million bushels last year and an av- erage outturn of 207 million bushels These constitute the smallest crops of durum and spring wheat harvest- ed in the United States so far as records are available, The total wheat carry-over at the end of the season was very heavy and amount- ed to nearly 320 million bushels, an increase of 10 per cent. during the year, in consequence bY the unsatis- factory results of the past year, it is expected that the acre- age sown to winter wheat in the United States this fall will be fur- ther curtailed, Present prospects as reported by the Department of Agriculture indicate that the total area will amount to only 37,400,000 acres. This is the smallest reported since 1923 and is 4,600,000 acres less than the area sown in 1931 The decrease from the maximum is nearly 10,000,000 acres, Canadian Figures In Canada, the carry-over from last year's crop was 140 million bus- hels; the yield this year is estimat- ed at 271 million bushels. In nor- mal years, domestic requirements of wheat amount to about 115 million bushels, and a normal carryover, may be placed at 50 million bushels. This would leave 246 million busheis to be marketed abroad. Canadian exports of ywheat and wheat flour during the past five years have av- eraged 295 million bushels. Last sca- son, when shipments were small, the total was 258 million bushels, The reduction in the availabie sup- plies of hard spring bredd wheat, following the poor returns in both Canada and the United States, may stimulaté the demand for 'his var- iety, but Broomhall's estimate of Canadian = exports is substantially less than last year's total, At this season, the oncoming wheat crops of Argentina and Aus- tralia are still in the carly stages of growth; yield per acre and pro- duction are still undermined, The Argentine Government has officially estimated the 1931 acreages sown to wheat at 17,050,000 acres as com- pared with 21,283,000 acres sown in 1930, or a net reduction of nearly Drought made seeding hazardous and locusts and rust have also caused some damage to the growing crops, An average yield per acre would result in a total crop of approximately 200 million bus- hels. This is considerably less than the total harvested in 1930 or in the previous good years from 1926 to 1928, but is more than the total in 1929--a poor year generally for wheat producers. No official esti- mate of the acreage sown in Aus- tralia has been made but private observers place the reduction at from 4000000 to 5000000 acres. This would reduce the total from 18,700,000 acres sown in 1930 to 14,- 700,000 acres in 1931. Wet weather at seeding resulted in a greatér de- crease than was originally intended. Adequate reserves of moisture us- ually point toward relatively good yields per acre in Australia; but supplies of moisture have in fact been excessive and flood conditions prevailed in many areas. The re- duction in acreage restores the level of 1928 and 1929, and with average yields per acre, a crop of 165 million bushels may be expected, This would rank with the relatively large post-war crops of 1924, 1926 and Jo but would be nearly 50 million bushels short of the record cro 1930. vol SEPT. OUTPUT OF - NEWSPRINT UP Canadian Mills Operate at 57.7 Per Cent of Capacity Production of newsprint in Canada for the month of Sept. totalled 178,412 tons, as compar- ed with 165,124 tons in August and 182,731 in July. Canadian mills operated at 57.7 per cent of capacity in August, Shipments for the month were only slightly under production, totalling 178,- 181 tons. Production in the United Sta- tes was 91,241 tons and ship- ments 90,303 tons, making a to- tal United States and Canadian newsprint production of 269,653 tong, and shipments of 268,484 tons. During September, 24,901 tone of newsprint were made in Nowtoanaiand and 1,410 tons in Mexico, so that the total North American production' for the month amounted to 295,964 tons. The Canadian mills produced 231,906 tons less in the first nine months of 1931 than in the first nine months of 1930, which was a decrease of 12 per cent, The output in the United States was 110,894 tons or 11 per cent less thar for the first nine months of 1920. Production in Newfound- land was 5,860 tons or 3 per cent more in the first nine months of 1931 than in 1930 and in Mexico 1,065 tons more, making a conti- rental decrease of 335,875 tons or 11 per cent. During September the Canadi- an mills operated at 57.7 per cent of rated capacity, Uniteq States mills at 63.6 per cent, New foundland mills at 102,3 per cent and Mexican mills at 79.4 per cent, making a continental aver- age of 61.8 per cent. Stocks of newsprint paper at Canadian mills totalled 50,451 tons at the end of September and at United Sta- tes mills 38,517 tong, making a combined total of 83,968 tons which was equivalent to 41.6 days' average production, When, in the spring of 18986, the silver question was becoming the paramount issue, I had oc- cagion to deliver a lecture on bi- metalism in Arkansas. Just after Tuncheon I noticed a crowd of young men approaching the ver- anda of the hotgl pushing an old colored man in front of them, When they came near I saw that the colored man had a paper band on his 'dilapidated plug hat and on the band was the familiar phrase '16 to 1." When the crowd arrived within speaking distance the old man took off his hat and began to make a speech, not a long speech, but long enough to explain the meaning of "16 to 1."* "I tell you folks," he said, "this is how it is, The white man, he dene gits $16 and the colored man he gits $1."--William Jene rings Bryan, by A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM Now A PARTY FOR NEXT WEEKEND, Cheerful, comfortable rooms) Tasty food, Restful surroundings. PLENTY OF CURB PARKING SPACE GARAGE ONC MINUTE WALK Single $1.50 to $3.00 Rates Jot. $2.50 1 $6.00 HOTEL WAVERLEY | Spadina Avenue and College Som | Tas Warts tor folder» + 0" ---- Fare % Reduced return fares to Toronto from all points on Gray Coach Lines Routes, Autumn Excursions October 7th to October 25th Reduced Toronto $1.30 Return Genosha Hotel Tickets and information at GRAY COACH LINES OSHAWA Phone 2828