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- A GroGHT THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1931 Nome RN ONTARIO NEWS ¥atal ~Gashing bis throst 9=-NO.r, Robert Eliot of at his home, El 9 Tuns a cafe in the vil- : found lying on the 4 bedroom by bis wife, : i from the suicide was investi police but no mo- ived by his widow, P edl rg hd $.-- ore than one entries ip the final he international plow- Th h near Peterboro total for four days 3, 8 record number of yrs as compared with 't year at Stratford. Chambers of Bethany, ' he competing plowmen, bed at the ind dead in A, B, Preston, on the lo-Port Hope highway. 'as due to heart failure. PP i Yih, --When word reached creag/' that & black bear was feed- 4E on some apples in an aban- Per.oned orchard nedr Patterson's + lake, in Dalhousie township, W. IW, Walker lost no time in mot- { oring to the spot and succeeded Fi fo bringing down the bear with a shot through the head. The animal was in prime condition and had an estimated weight of 140 pounds, To Widen Main Street Picton, ~Picton Main street will be widened, it was decided at 8 meeting of the Town Coun- ell Thursday night and this will cost about $4,000, half of which will be provided by the grant from. the Unemployment Relief Fund and to date, the grant is $2,500 and the remaining money will be spent on sidewalk repairs, IL a further grant can be se- cured, a water main would be built on Centre street, This is greatly needed and the matter occupied a good deal of time at the Council meeting, Members were in favor of such a main if Government assistance can be se- cured. f q Th Li ys spi' cot ity. nus wo atif ¥ sur on' to thi. er Good Root Crops _ Band Point.--Root crops are now being harvested in many sec- tions of the township, Turnips, oarrots and mangles are a good "erop, while in some sections pota- toes are good but on the whole the potato yleld is not as good as t year. Potatoes dug this fall BUSIMen in need of Drugs faint Tone, JOICHLY co-operative : OFALL DRUG STORES & Lovell Railways will a Hh Railway, / Simcoe. 8. in the promot! t tra and trol y at. o. here. two rs sre of good quality, dry and without blemish. The weathar so far has been ideal for gathering roots, and the dry weather has enabled the farmer to proceed at a rapid rate with sll fall farm work. Much . plowing bas been done. Rain is now needed in or- der to have a supply of water be- fore the ground freezes as wells and creeks are running low, Chesterville C.G.LY, Chesterville.--The Chesterville C.G.LT. group of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was recent- ly entertained by the members of the Iroquois group. The early part of the evening was spent in songs and games, Miss McKay, leader of the Chesterville girls, who was the speaker of the even- ing, addressed the groups on "The Ideals of Canadian Girls in Training." Miss Helen Seeley de- livered two humorous mono- logues. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess. Remarkable Dahlia Morrisburg.--Growing in the garden of Howard Casselman In Morrisburg is a remarkable dab- lia. This plant, containing many buds as well as the large flower at the top, stands almost twelve feet in height,' and to support this tremendous stalk, the base of the plant is mere than two inches in diameter. The plant has been the cause of many re- marks by horticulturists in the district and is proclaimed as a very rare specimen. -- Oratorical Contest Perth.--The oratorical com- petition for Lanark County was beld in the Assembly Hall of Perth Collegiate before a large crowd from town and surround- ing district, The competition was held under the auspices of the local department of agriculture under the direction of Mr. W, A. Davidson. Clarence Whiticar, pupil of Bathurst, 8.8. No, 3, won the senior competition and entitles him to represent Lanark County at the Eastern Ontario oratorical competition at Kempt- ville, on Wednesday next, Presented With Purse Brockville.~On leaving Roslin this week to become rector of the Anglican parish of Athens Bnd Lansdowne Rear, Rev. F. Ar- thur Smith, with the members of his family, was presented by the congregation there with a purse of gold, various addresses being delivered by residents of the community, Sunday School Convention Cornwall.--Delegates from all portions of Glengarry and Stor- mont Counties were present at the fiftieth annual convention of the Sunday School Association of Glengarry and Stormont held at Chalmers United Church, Finch, on Wednesday. The at- tendance was above average at the three sessions, morning, af- ternoon and evening. Splendid addresses were heard and Im- portant questions were Intro. duced for discussion. Struck By Car Belleville.--~Continuing to walk almost in the centre of the road after having been warned many times of the great risk assumed in so doing by provincial con stable Frink, William Bennett, an aged man who lives a short distance north of Belleville, as a result of being hit by a motor car on Thursday, is now in the General Hospital, Belleville, Appointed Moderator Corawall.--Rev, William Mer- rilees, of Iroquois, Ont., Tuesday, was appointed moderator of the Montreal and Ottawa Synod of the Presbyterian Church at Montreal this week. Rev. Dr. Norman McLean, of Brockville, Ont., was also nominated, but withdrew his name in favor of Merrilees, The retiring modera- tor is Rev, Dr. J, B, McLean,, of Huntingdon, Que. France imported more than 300,000,000 pounds ofr aw wool in the first half of this year. More than $9,000,000 {s to be spent on harbor development at Canton, China, | Premium By-Product Coke {D&H Cone-cleaned i Anthracite Welsh Blower Coal Fill Your Bin Now Body Wood, Hard and Soft Slabs | | present the full Washington.--An executive or- der by the permit issuing suthor- ity of each State requiring work permits for school children to be returned upon the expiration of the work for which such per- mits are issuell, was suggested as the first step in an emergency program to send children back to school to prevent their com- petition with adults in the labor market in an address September 2 by William Green, member of the President's Organization on Unemployment Relief, and presi- dent. of the American Federation of Labor. Supplementing such an emer- gency step, President Green sug- gested that the public demand that no more work permits be is- sued to children during the pa- tional emergency. Mr. Green's address, broad- cast over associated stations' of the Columbia Broadcasting System, follows in full text: There are ovef 5,000,000 per- sons walking the street looking for jobs. There are approximately 5,000,000 more working part time, What stronger or more convincing argument can be of- fered as to why any boy or girl under 16 years of age having been given gainful employment should now be sent to school and the work they have been doing be performed by adults, Why have we committed this double folly of taking from an adult the opportunity to earn a living and giving it to a child and thereby depriving it of a child's heritage? Partly because we know mot what we do and partly because we have not had the wisdom to establish and maintain the social and economic standards necessary to protect the children of the nation, Leads to Social Waste We have permitted boys and girls.to leave school in order to help the family when the bread- winner lost his opportunity to work, Such a policy leads to im- measurable social waste and en- riches no one, If we would create real wealth we must first protect our children, We must give children a chance to pre- pare for the problems and re- sponsibilities of life, The present unprecedented un- employment problem sharply dis- far-sighted policy. Only States require boys and girls un- der 18 years of age t) return to school when unemployed, These States are Colorado, Utah and Ohio, Delaware, chusetts, and New Jeisey require to attend full time schcol when not employed. New York requires all under 17 to atten" school 20 hours a week when unemployed. New York requires all under 17 to attend school 20 hours 8 week when unemployed, To enforce such regulations, employers must be required to return work per- mits to the issuing authority upon the termination of 'the employ- ment. Asks Executive Order The first step in an emergency program to send children back to school might be an executive order by the permit issuing au- thority of each State, requiring work permits to be returned upon the expiration of the work for which sald permits were issued. The supplementary step should be a public demand that no more work permits be issued to child- ren of school age during this na- tional emergency, Forty-five States and the Dis- trict of Columbia require em- ployed children to have certifi- cates certifying to their age com- pliance with school attendance laws, In most States the age limit for which a certificate is required is 16, a few extend the requirement to 17 and 18 years. In some States even yet minors of 14 years are pernritted to work in factorjes and other gainful occupations. But these laws are not effective without vigorous, efficient administration, Any general movement to put chil dren back in school must plan is secure adequate administra- on, Despite the fact that 1030 was a year when millions of men and women were out of work, 103, 000 children under 16 years of age were granted employment permits, These figures do not picture, for statistics are not available for the whole country, The reports show that 60 per cent, of these children had not completed their eighth grade and many had gone no higher than the sixth grade. Wiht this meagre equipment the work capacity of these children is definitely limited... When they have burned out the enthusiasm and vigor of youth, they must either accept employment that holds no hope of progress, or | turn to casual labor. In the great industrial' State of New York, 37,150 children 14 to 15 years of age were granted work certificates in 1930; 18,035 found vacation employment. In Massachusetts the number under '16 years of age to whom certifi. catse were issued In 1930 was 23,248. The figures of these two States show a distinct drop over 1920, which shows the results of efforts to prohibit child labor and keep children fv school. In New York City a back-to-the- schools movement tescued many. The reports of the United States Children's Bureau for the country as a whole shows a dis- tinct decline in 1930 over 1937 in the number of children be- tween 14 and 15 years of re- ceiving employment cates for the first t'me. Employment closes our failure to establish a | three | Indiana Massa- | children under 16 years of age | Restriction of Juvenile | Employment is Requested Asks United Action Obviously, in addition to our back-to-the-schools movement we need to stop the movement of children Mmto industry at its source and keep children in sclool, Now that public opinion is freeing children from a mistaken sacrifice, activities should be mobilized to safeguard the chil- dren and to deal with the em- ployment problem intelligently. There is an cpportunity for all organizations interested in child welfare to join together in a constructive back-to-school ef- fort. But ought the children of the country have to wait for a na- tional emergency to be allowed the heritage of childhood? Two States still allow children under 14 years of age to work in stores and factories; 12 States allow exemptions from child labor laws not limited to outside school hours to children under 14 years of age; 13 States and the District of Columbia fix the minimum work age standard at 14 years with no exemption; 5 States have a minimum stardard of 15 years with exemptions not limited to out of school hours in two and limited to outside schoo) hours in three; only two States have established 16 years as the minimum and they grant exemp- tions not limited outside school hours. Child Labor Twenty-eight States require children to attend school up to the age of 16, while somes Jocall- ties In 15 States require up to 17 and 18. But exemptions and faulty administration cut down even the opportunities for chil- dren, The experts for child, welfare have been urging the meed of child labor laws fn States pgo- hibiting gainful employment to children under 16 years of age and requiring work certificates for all under 18 years. Child labor laws supplemented by compulsory school attendance laws properly enforce. would as- sure children opportunities for physical, mental and spiritual de- velopment, It is because to labor believes Peking ~The divorce suit brought by Shu Fei, the third wife of Pu Yi, the former "Boy-Emperor" of China, has been magnified by the Chinese press into a fight between Chinese conservatism and the "mo- dern spirit" of young China. Pretty little Shu Fei has the full support of the vernacular newspap- ers, who urge her to carry through the suit in spite of efforts which are being made to effect a reconcilia- tion Her complaint has now been modified. She asserts that her mar- riage with the ex-Emperor has neve er been consummated, and further she declares that she was ill-treated bv the eunuchs employed by Mr. Pu Yi to look after her. Another charge is that the Emperor's other two wives never accepted her in the home and treated her as an "intrud- er, Manchu princes, once high ir the Ex-Empress' Brother Orders Sister to Return to Husband former Emperors court, are shock- | ed by the scandal of the divorce | action, and the concubine's own | brother has joined the protests against the suit. A letter to his sister has been publshed in the Chinese press from | Wen Chi, the concubine's brother, in which he declares: | 'Our family has been enjoying the kindness and generosity of the Manchu family for over 200 years The former Emperof has never ill- treated you, and even if he did, you should endure ititill death if neces- sary to reciprocate all the gener- osity bestowed upon our family by the Manchu rulers. 'My sister, you are too thought- less. Surely you must realize that you can never dare to face your ancestors in the world to come it you carry through with your action "Take my advice, my sister, and return to the Emperor to beg for- that such fundamental legisla- tion is indispensable to child welfare that we have urged and supported the ratification of the National Child Labor Amend- ment, Now is the time to put the experience gained during this de- pression fo constructive use. Surely we have learned a most valuable and impressive lesson as to why permanent protection should be accorded the children of the Nation, Seeks Help of Unions As president of the American Federation of Labor I wish to urge all unions to join with other local groups to form a living bar- rier that will turn children from work back to the school and the playground, \ I urge each central labor union to appoint a committee to co-op- erate in the local effort to find out the facts and to make such adjustments in the home situa- tions as may be necessary to as- sure the family the necessaries of lite, Employment for the breadwinner §s the most con- structive measure, This movement in the interest of child education and school attendance should appeal to all humane sentiments and should receive the support of all classes of people. We ought to under- stand as a result of the experi- ence of this depression covering the the the the the | a Jong period of time that employment of children in mills, mines and factories of Nation serves to displace father, the breadwinner and idle worker, There is no valid, sound and convincing reason why children | should be employed when mil-| lions of fathers and breadwinners |» are idle. | Let us give the children a chance. Send them to school, so that two distinet and vital pur- | poses may be served: First, re- lief of the unemployment situa- | tion, and, second, the education and protection of the children, 'I'he appeal of this back-to school movement is fo parents educational and municipal au- thorities, and fn a wider and more comprehensive sense, to all classes of people. 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