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RE RI $k A Seer THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931 THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER X (Establisted 1871) of The Cana iy 1d prs Asio and the SUBSCRIPTION RATES ered by casrier mn Oshawa and suburbs, 12¢. 8 Caan, ut k United States OFFICE Sond Bullding, 0) Temperascs Suest. Telovhone wy 0107. H. D. Tresidder. Jr. 38 _ % THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17th, 1931, Ne Boy. 4 A The complaint which was made by the "Carew Lumber Company to the city council Lack of Co-operation to a Toronto firm because of $167 dif- i Romine the awarding of a lumber con- ference in price reveals a situation which not seem to be altogether satisfactory. 'We fully appreciate the desire of the city council to save money, but this letter re- Teals that there were circumstances in the which might have warranted calling in the lowest local contractor and discuss- ' the situation with him, %. For instance, the letter claims that the sspecifications stated that no bulk tender 'would be accepted, and that the tender which was accepted was made in bulk, The TREO specifications called for the lumber to be delivered when, where and in such quan- tities as may from time to time be requir- ed. This led local lumber dealers to make an allowance in their tenders for having to store the lumber in their yards, and de- liver it in small quantities, whereas it has been delivered, a carload at a time, by the Toronto concern. Surely there was some reason there for consultation with - Joeal dealers, since they alone lived strictly up to the letter of the specifications. . The serious feature in this business is ot the fact that the council gave the ten- to a Toronto firm in order to save $167, More serious is the situation which this reveals. Here are two bodies of citizens of Oshawa. One body happens to be the city council, and the other the lumber dealers. But there is not, between them, that close *.. co-operation which is the aim of the Osh- k 1 Td Lr awa-boosting campaign which Mayor Marks inaugurated the other day by sign- ing the first pledge. The Carew Lumber Company, in its letter, shows how tHe city might have saved $1200 by calling the lum- ber dealers into conference, That, in itself, is sufficient information on which to point out to the council that it is worth while to show a spirit of co-operation with deal- ers who are in business in Oshawa, and to whom the city, should, in the first place, give priority in making its pur- chases. The present council has nearly run its gourse, In a few weeks a new council will in office. It is to be hoped that this , no matter who may be its members, show more willingness to co-operate With all citizens in advancing the business of Oshawa than has been appar- a in the lumber contract under discus- on, The Sale of Labrador ~The government of Canada acted wisely in refusing to accept the offer of the gov- ernment of Newfoundland to sell Labrador ~ to this country for a sum of $100,000,000. Sir William Coaker, one of the government ministers in Newfoundland, is authority for a statement that the Canadian govern- . ment declined the offer "owing to the fin- * ancial depression." It would be much bet- 'news to the people of Canada to know the offer had been declined simply e Canada was not interested in buy- Labrador at that price, now or at any r time. That would have been nearer ie truth of the matter----at least, so far as ople of Canada are concerned, 'stated, of course, that Labrador, a bleak and desolate country, has less resources waiting to be develop. is true of Canada as a whole. country has boundless resources | are awaiting development, and many rations will come and go before these esources .have been fully tapped. Why , should this country itself with other $100,000,000 of debt in order to re a strip of barren territory, which, ne time in the dim and distant future, ht yield returns from its natural re- deal less than ' $100,000,000 in order make the proposal attractive. Give a Dog a Bad Name Police officials must have been sadly dis- concerted when a man named Burritt Rose was arrested in Detroit, alleged to be the man who forged a cheque for $3,000 at Hamilton and secured $2.400 in travellers' cheques. Most of the travellers' cheques secured by the forger are said by the police to have been found in his possession, and in court he pleaded guilty to the forgery. And all the time, since the crime was committed, the police had been blaming it on one Louis Parmalee, a man with a wide reputation as a forger. one who is wanted in several different Canadian cities for of- fences of this kind. Parmalee may be all the police say he is, but it looks as if re- sponsibility for the Hamilton crime were fixed on him just because he had a reputa- tion as a forger, and without any real basis for the suspicion. Tt looks like a case of giving a dog a bad name and letting it stiek to him. Editorial Notes The policy of giving men three days work out of nine on relief work is reported to be operating satisfactorily. How much better it will be, however, when they have nine days work out of. nine. The tax collector has the support of the council in making seizures of goods and chattels where taxes are in arrears. It is only right that the council should take the responsibility for this policy, if it is to be enforced, and refrain from condemning the tax collector if he follows instructions, Santa Claus has not yet decided whether "to use the sleigh, or to put mud-chains on his car. "Landlord and Tenant Disagree on Rent' Japs a headline, Surely there is no news n that. Other Editor's Comments BOYCOTTING SANTA CLAUS i (Galt Reporter) Santa Claus is fighting for his life, ban on the Christmas legend New Somes news to the ¢ een boycotted in the schools of Chihauhua, an im- portant city in Mexico, this move having heen on cited by a former segretary of education who insists that patriotism can be better served without homage to the white<bearded saint; While the world is 'passing through a period wherein momentous changes come with startling rapidity, it is doubtful whether Santa Claus will succumb to the hostile campaigns that are being waged in some sections. In most of the European countries and over the whole American continent he is a much revered saint, especially during the month of December. Even if he did disappear as the sym- bo! of universal benevolence, his memory would con- tinge for a long time, notably with children. An attempt to remove him suddenly would be the signal for a juvenile rebellion BITS OF HUMOR "I wouldn't cry for the best living man!" No need to, my dear--yqu've got him." phan . wir QUITE UNUSUAL William," said William's wife as he settled down for his afternoon smoke. "I've got a lot of things I want to talk to you about." "Good!" said William. I'a glad to hear it! Usually you want to talk to me about a lot of things you haven't got!" " TO WIN THE DAY Now, my friends," said a parliamentary candi- date, making another cffort to arouse enthusiasm in his hearers, "what do we need in order to win this constituency by the biggest majority in its history?" The response was immediate and enthusiastic: "An- other candidate!" BITS OF VERSE JIMMY'S LETTER TO SANTA Dear Santa Claus; if you could bring A patent doll to dance and sing ve-pound box of caramels; A set of reins with silver bells: An elephant that roars and walks A brownie, doll that laughs and talks; A hunming top that I can spin; A desk to keep my treasures in} A boat or two that I can sail: A to bark and wag his tail; A pair ot little bantam chicks: A chest of tools, a box of tricks; 3 scarlet suit of soldier togs | A Noak's ark of eats and dogs; A bicycle and silver watch; A pound or two of butterscotch: A toy farm with lots of trees; A gun to load with beans and peas: An organ and a musicebox; A double set of building blocks-- Ii will bring me these, I sav, Be re a coming, of i day sort 1 perhaps, t I'd ow Russia put a several years ago. Be pretty nearly ect that Santa Claus has ° seats and Canberra, Australia, Dec. 17.--The H of an Australian general election for Saturday next, follow- ing the defeat of the Labor Gavern- ment over a patronage dispute, has precipitated into the arena of cam- paisn politics all the economic and nancial problems that have pro- duced so much confusion in - monwealth affairs during the past two ile internal dissensions in the Labor Party and strong attacks by the Opposition forces against radi- cal measures of ernment financ- ing chesacterized the whole of La- bor's tenure in office, some hope of a general non-partisan approach to the country's pressing problems was recently fostered. e conference of State Premiers with Prime Min- ister J. H. Scullin and leaders of the official Opposition in Patan last spring agreed u, a program of retrenchment which was in the natyre of a truce. It was while this program was being directed through Parliament that the de- feat of the Labor Government oc- curred on a sudden motion precipi- tated by a dispute between Hon. E. G. Theodore, Secretary of the Trea- sury, and J A. Beasley, resigned member of the cabinet, regarding unemployment grants. Leakage Charged Mr. Beasley charged that a leak- age of information from the trea- surer's office enabled constituents of Mr. Theodore to register for jobs at the Cockatoo Navy Yards cfore the constituents of Mr. Beas- ley, nn whose jurisdiction the yards lay. Anti-Theodore forees in the Labor Party at once asked for a comimssion to investigate the charg- es, to which the government refused assent. On the question Mr. Scullin was. defeated by five votes. He at once cried, "You may have an clec- tion as soon as you like." tant steps in the non-partisan na- tional economic program had al- ready been carried out at the time of the reversal, namely a 20 per cent. reduction in government expenses and salaries and a conversion of in- ternal bond issued to provide a 22% per cent. reduction in interest, other vital items still remained to be acted upon. It was necessary to pass bills validating the emergency tariffs for three months before Parliament could be prorogued and the writs for a general election is- sued. Other important matters must be held in complete abeyance. Trend Since War Any attempt to understand the is- sues being presented to the people of Australia in the present campaign must take into consideration some- thing of the trend of Australian political affairs since the War, The Australian Labor Party, one of the oldest political groups in the na- tion, dates as a parliamentary en- tity since the last decade of the 19th century, Within the ranks of the Labor Party there hape been in- eluded such mutually Shpesed. in, terests as industrial workers, small business men, public servants, small farmers and various independent groups. It is these dissimilar forces that have prevented Labor from a more continuous dominance in Par- liament. William M, Hughes Having arisen to power under the direction of the late Andrew Fisher, and William M. Hughes in the de- cade previous to the War, the party was almost destroyed in dissen- sions over conscription, which it opposed, and other war policies. Mr. ughes, at the head of the more ined with the then Liberal Party in in the creation of the Nationalist Party which concentrated every ef- fort on making Australia an effec- tive combatant. In the election of 1919 Mr. Hughes had his hands trengthened when the Nationalist majority of 38 against 24 for Labor in the House of Representatives. It was at this time, however, that the Country Party, a group opposed to radical Labor yet not seeing eye to eye with the Nationalists, rose into rominence. In the election of 919 it obtained 13 seats. Labor' L] Labor had learned a lesson in its the immediate post-war period. Con- cessions made to the left wing ele- ment produced something of a uni- fied front in the organization. In ty by winning five seats became the plurality party in the holding 29 seats against 28 for the Nationalists, 13 for the Party and 5 Independents. ties by combining forces and agree- ing upon Stanley, M. Bruce, one- time Nationalist Federal Treasurer, to lead their combined forces in the place of Mr. Hughes--a decision rowing out of the bitter personal ifferences between Mr. Hughes and Dr. Earle C. Page, leader of the Country Party--launched upon one of the longest periods in power in the history of the nwealth. In the elections of 1925 and 1918 Mr. 'Bruce went to the country each time on the issues of law and order and industrial peace~issues preci. pitated by a long series of disas- troys strikes and labor disputes in which radical labor groups played an, active pate, and each time was returned triumphantly to office. The shadows of the world-wide depression, however, were already on the horizon at this time, and Australia was one of the first lands to fall within the orbit of darkness, In the succeedin r there arose a great deal of dissatisfaction with the Nationalist-Country Party on grounds 'of extravagance in 'na- t expenditures and taxation policies. Mr. Bruce detérmined once more to go to the country, but from the very first it was evident that t z were seeking a chang X es i en st n= reas rength, became the major party, ning some engin ed oppasition ; enry Scullin, own to n the Electors Go to Polls in General Election For Australia on Saturday represent the more moderate ele- ments in his own party, was sworn in as Prime Minister of the new Labor Govergment. Whereas, while in opposition to the Nationalist-Country Party coa- lition, Labor was able to keep its internal differences somewhat re- pressed, the ascension to full power emphasized the variances existing among diverse clements in the or- ganization. Moreover, dislocations mn Australian c-znomic life quickly sharpened these differences. The fall in commodity ~rices--wheat and wool--and the cessation of foreign borrowing precipitated an acute fin- ancial and economic crisis. - Almost at once the Australian Labor Party was broken on issues arising out of the search for a suitable remedy. Successfully. Carried Out A plan proposal by Sir Otto Nie- meyer, of the Bank of England, who was. invited to visit Australia and advise on the problems, was received with great hostility by the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party headed by J. T. Lang, Premier of the latter State, al- though Mr. Scullin approved it. Compelied to go to London for the Imperial Conference in the summer of 1930, Mr. Scullir left to James E. Fenton, Acting Prime Minister, and Joseph A. Lyons, Acting Trea- surer, the task of carrying out the Niemeyer recommendations which were principally along lines of re- trenchment. Ti successfully car- ried through an important conver- sion loan and laid the groundwork for the prescribed governmental economics. While in London Mr. Scullin in hey sition of conservative clements in all parties as well as the more radi- cal elements in his own. The prin- cipal item called for increasing the currency by means of a fiduciary note icsue and encouragement of a reversion to the wholesale price level of commodities in 1929. The anti-Labor groups opposed this as unsound and dangerows banking; while the radical Lang group through its represenatives in Par- liament, A. J. Beasley and Frank 'Anstey. offered as a counter scheme the cc deering of $100,- 000,000 bank credits and repudiation in one form or another of govern- ment obligations abroad. / This, latter Labor group, curiously enough, has held the balance of power in the Australian Parliament during the past year. Messrs. Fen- ton and Lyons and their followers voted against the Government on divisions and might have secured its defeat upon at least two occasions before the final break, but for the Lang left wing which rather than see Labor voted out of power re- turned to the Government benches. New Wing Formed In April of the present year the United Australia Party, comprising the Nationalist opposition in Par- liament and right wing Laborites, came into being under the leader- ship of Mr. Lyons, Pressure on Mr. Scullin became great, particu- larly when the Senate defeated Mr. Theodore's fiduciary note proposal. It was at this time that the non-par- tisan approach for the solution of Scullin, tion in Parliament, his own party at first declined to support it. A | Australia's economic questions, men- | a8 a Republican campaign slogan. tioned above, was proposed by Mr. | We've had both so long that Even when this step was | would be quite a relief to have efth- assured the support of the Opposi- | er alone.--~Thomaston (Ga.) Times. Labor caucus held at Canberra last | excellent Constitution. spring declined to accept the new being ruined by the bootleggers. J programme; and the Labor Party approved it on June 19 last, only after Mr. Scullin threatened a gen- eral election as an alternative. With Government expenditures, particularly public servants' salaries, reduced, internal bond issues suc- cessfully converted at lower rates of interest, and the improvement in commodity prices ((occurring more markedly with the approach of the end of the year) it appeared likely that a general election might be averted until such time as the na- tional emergency program was wholly in foree, It was at this time, Board of Directors E. R. WOOD Nov. 25 last, however, that the in- ternal differences in the Labor Par- ty, made momentarily acute over a party patronage, swept the Govern- ment almost unexpectedly out of power, She was very proud of her son's prowess, "He must be 2 very fast run- ner," she said, showing a paper to a friend. "It says here that he fairly burned up the track under his record-breaking speed, and it's true, for I saw the track this morn. ing, and it was nothing but cin- ders." Nurse.--"Are you going to give my patient something to slow down his 'heart action?" Doctor--"Yes, an elderly nurse." "Hoover or Hades" 1s suggested it A writer says America has an But it is President G. A. MORROW Vice-President and Managing Director, Hesszrr C. Cox Leicaron McCarry, K.C. Vice-Presidents ------ E. T. Mavong, K.C. W. S. Hopocens W. G. Morrow 'A. B. Fisuex A. H. Cox CENTRAL CANADA IPAN AND SAVINGS COMPANY KING AND VICTORIA STS. TORONTO 23 SIMCOE ST. N.. OSHAWA ESTABLISHED 1884 his public utterances confirmed and approved the Fenton-Lyons proce- dure. He expressed himself is ready to withstand the radical ele ments which very carly in his car eer as Prime Although two of the most impor- | drastic defeat during the War and | #8 the election of 1922 the Labor Par-|§ House, | § Country | @ The Nationalist and Country par- | & for his removal from the Australian Labor Party. Much to the surprisc of the country, however, upon Mr. | Scullin's return to Australia he an- nounced that the Niemeyer propos- als would be held in abeyance and that E. G. Theodore, who in July had resigned as Federal Treasurer because of charges brought against him in the Munanga Mines case in Queensland, of which State he had been Premier, would be invited to rejoin the Cabinet and offer a new program for the solution of Aus- tralia's finan:ial and industrial prob- lems. At once Messrs. Fenton and Lyons resigned their Cabinet posts | in protest and joined the official Opposition in Parliament, the Na- | tionalist Party. Mr. Theodore's financial program upon publication aroused the oppo- Minister had asked | NATIONAL EMERGENCY "Latest information obtainable indicates approximately 360,000 unemployed in Canada, as at October 1st, not including 200,000 additional in drought-stricken areas. "Canada's national co-operative task is to feed, warm and cloth: D CRO oo We are ER] D 1} SS NAME "essa annne ADDRESS ........ EE A EEE EE more than a quarter of a million people who are now, or shortly certain to be, in great need of public sympathy and assist- ance this winter. 'Our brother's keepers. MINISTER OF LABOTUA. Attach your contribution and hand in to yous bank or send to the nearest branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society. ssssetssssnsnnsnene TT LL PTY TRY sess nsenseenssisnaney Jatrigue elements of his party com- | &§ Parliament, won a triumph in 1017 | 8 arty was returned to power by a | 4 We suggest to our patrons the wisdom of doing their Christmas shopping early. It will avoid the necessity of a hurried last-minute selection and resuiting disappeintment Superior. Stores are well stocked with high quality staple and fancy foods for the Christmas trade; prices in many lines are lowest in years. Place your orders now and ensure your complete satisfaction, WE SELL THE BEST FOR LESS Items for Week Ending December 19th, 1931 Crown Brand Syrup 2 Ib. Size 15¢ 35¢ 5 Ib. Fry's Cocoa HaltPoundsize 21¢ Ingersoll Cream Cheese 15¢ size Cheese Sliced Pineapple No. 11; size .......... Keen's Mustard, 14 Ib. California Prunes Pimento Stuffed Olives Crosse & Blackwell's Pickles ...........coiee.. 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