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I | PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1932 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) blished after: An independent newspaper published every - oun except Sundays and legal holidays at Osh- awa, Canada, by The Times Publishing Com- pany of Oshawa, Limited. Chas, M. Mundy, President, A. R. Alloway, Managing Director. bhaws Daily Times is a member of The Penh on the Canadian Dally News- paper Association, the Ontario . Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION lg 1 Paberts vered by carrier in Oshawa and 8 A i [3 ou. By mall in Canada (outside Osb- awa carrier delivery iimits) $3.00 a year. tates $4.00 a year, ulied 5 TORONTO OFFICE 18 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Tele- phone Adelaide 0107. H. D, Tresidder, repre- : sentative. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1932. An Outstanding Success The Oshawa School of Cooking and Home Economics, which was closed on Thursday afternoon, and which was spon- sored by The Times, was an outstanding success in every respect. From the stand- point of attendance, it was more than a success, for, in addition to the Masonic Temple Auditorium being crowded to capa- city on each of the three days, hundreds of women were turned away each day. It was regrettable, of course, that a larger auditorium was not available, for at least double the number accommodated would have attended had there been a sufficiently large hall available. el Looking back over the school, The limes can say with justification that it is proud to have had the services of Mis E. k rances Thompson in conducting it. Miss Thomp- son literally charmed her audiences by her fine personality, and by the interest she created in her messages. Every woman who attended was delighted with the man- ner in which the lectures and demonstra- tions were given, and the men-folks in hundreds of Oshawa homes will doubtless be receiving some of the benefits to be derived from the school. We are also glad to pay tribute to the (Canadian General Electric Company for its splendid co-opera- tion in arranging the details of the school, for the assistance of this company and. its local dealers was invaluable to The Times. When the proposal to hold a school was first made, The Times had two doubts. One was as to the calibre of instructor available, and the other was as to the in- terest which such an event would hold for the women of Oshawa. The experience of this week has proven that there was no reason to be doubtful. We have already referred to the instructor, Miss Thompson, and the huge attendance at the school each each day speaks for itself as to the inter- est created. The Times wishes to extend thanks to all of those who assisted in making the school so successful, and hopes that when another school of this kind is held by The Times, probably in the fall, the same fine spirit of co-operation will be shown. A Worthwhile Movemert In his work as juvenile court judge for the last two or three years, Rev. C. 8. Jar- rett has seen the great need for proper / guidance of many of the children who 597 come before him, He has become convinced that in many cases there is need for guid- ance from outside the home. This has brought home to him the need for organi- zation of some kind of Big Brother and Big Sister movement in Oshawa, along the lines which have been so successful in other places. Towards this end, he is - making an appeal to the service clubs of the city, and other organizations, to under- take this very valuable work. There is little reason to doubt that a fine response will be made to this idea. Al- ready the service clubs have been doing some work along this line, and their mem- bers do not need to be convinced of its value. There is a need, however, to have this work placed on a more substantial basis than at present, so that it can func- tion with the maximum of success for the benefit of the boys and girls who appear, from time to time, in the juvenile court. The problem of saving juvenile delin- quents from falling info ways of wrong- doing which will affect the whole of their future lives is important enough to be given serious attention. In many cases, the guidance of a friendly outsider is all that is needed to save a boy or girl from going far astray. It is unfortunate when no such influence can be brought to bear, and those men and women who desire to serve hu- manity can find no better way of doing it than by taking part in a Big Brother and Big Sister movement for the benefit of the boys and girls of Oshawa. . Still Unsolved The problem of what can be done when families in distress are unable to pay light and water bills, to prevent them being de- prived of these services, is apparently still unsolved. It wae thought that some time ago a basis of co-operation had been reached, but the discussion at Thursday night's meeting of the public utilities com- mission shows that this is not the case. At this meeting two cases were discussed. In each of these, the medical healh officer In each of thesé, the medical health officer the families involved, the service be con- tinued in spite of the fact that the bills were in arrears. The commission, taking the stand that it could not show discrim- ination in dealing with its customers, re- fused to accept the doctor's recommenda- tion. This is an unfortunate situation, par- ticularly when there is sickness in homes which are deprived of essential services. 'There does not appear to be any direct line of procedure which has been laid down to govern such cases. There was a sort of understanding that no drastic action would be taken in the case of families dependent on city relief and relief work, but this does not appear to be operating at all suc- cessfully, from the standpoint of those who are suffering from acute hardship. One hesitates to blame the public utili- ties commission. It has its duty to the public to perform, and if it allowed services to continue without payment, serious defi- cits would be sure to result. On the other hand, the instinets of humanity should be brought to bear on cases where hardship would result from deprivation of the ser- vices supplied by the commission. It looks to us as if another conference is needed to establish some line of procedure between the various bodies interested, in order that there may be no unnecessary hardship in the city, particularly when the health of children is in the balance. The Loophold Found The people of Oshawa be glad to note that there is now a decided possibility of a compromise between the city council and the board of education with regard to the educational budget for 1932, After much cr members of the two bodies, a conference has been held, and The Times predicted a few days ago, the result « that a views of be reconciled wes ated that the likeli- hood of legal proceeditigs to strengthen out the difficulty has isappe: This is much time ld have been saved and ticn taken on taken two or is generally true that when men of opposing views get around a table with the determination to compose their differences they succeed in doing so. This is what has happened in the educa- tional budget dispute, and it is to be hoped that now that a loophole has been found by which both bodies can make concessions without injury to their dignity, the whole dispute will be settled and allowed to pass into the records of past history. Editorial Notes The Chinese are so used to famines that it may be difficult for the Japanese to succeed in their threat to starve them out of Kiangwan. will ss-fire between as this conference was loophole by which the divergent the two bodi Id cota 'ound, and it i ure, and acrimony avoided if the Thursday ing h Leen three wecks ago. Ii Now that the cooking school is over, it will be possible to find Oshawa housewives at home in the afternoon. Electrical consumers in the city are not so much concerned over how the rebate of power bills is made as they are over when it is going to be made, The Chamber of Commerce in Oshawa is assured for at least another year. By that time, let us hope, conditions will have improved to such an extent that there will be no further worry over its future, The filtration plant engineer wishes to enlarge the size of the (filtration plant which is being constructed. This is not a very good year in which to make proposals for 'added expenditures on any project. To beg a girl's pardon after stealing a kiss is an unpardonable insult.--Detroit News. Other Editor's Comments IT'S VITAL CRIMINALS SHOULD BE CAUGHT (St. 'Thomas Times-Journal) : Some ious crimes have occurred in Ontario recently, particularly in Torouto, the 'perpetrators having so far escaped arrest. But the police have a splendid record in the way of captures and no doubt arc using their utmost efforts to nab the fugitives. It is vital criminals who wave of crime, idea into the ! Som er that this should be so. The more get away the greater becomes the The success of 'a hold-up puts the ds of others to try their luck at the same game, Easy money. One undetected crime leads to more crimes. Success of one robbery caus- es others to emulate the deed, MORE THAN JEST (Border Cities Star) The possibility of & Japanese attack on the naval base at gapore in retaliation for British activity around rings up the remark made by a New Zealander. When the Japanese were saying their Manchurian raids were to suppress bandits, the ehap from "down under" said grimly: "Well, | hove the Japanese. don't find any ban- dits, in New Zealand." There is more than light hwaor in the jest, For many years both Australians und New Zealanders hive been watching Japan closely, fearing the Jap- would decide to expand their territory and try to take in the Commonwealth and Dominion, ' ancse The Totwn Crier OTE.--The opinions expracsed in this n each Saturday must mot be con. strued as being those of The Oshawa Times, They are independent opinions contributed by The "Crier' Limsell and must be interpreted &s such, ments ao Dh Soka Siould be oiiretud » ¢ Town Crier," care aw, Daily Times.) Tie vias Whether the paragraph which ap- peared in this column last Saturday had any influence with either the Board of Education or the City Council must remain hidden in ob- livion, but in any event, possibly pure coincidenée, the controversy between these two bodies does seem to have been settled by arbitration, It no person else praises the Town Crier then he must do so himself, Ld LJ - F. M. Dafoe, whoever he is, seems to the Town Crier to be get ting the habit of writing to I'he Limes both in season and 'out. If this Os! 1 citizen is highly qual- ified to inister the affairs of the City Commission and Board of Lduca- tion then it scems a pity that his ¢s should be wasted upon the If he is unable to find of these be Live part mm avi wt he g y this : ) Fein | con in the w | why Oshawa can not do t a little 01 nization ai thought. There are many letters wr 1 1 tor 1 iimes H with h the 'I cartily dis agrees, There i h appears in to-day's paper, how "A Mother", in which great deal of good co One may not agree wit! inions expressed by th, this letter but on the other hand | tte less grousing and a little more | gratitude would make the wheels] | #o around a lot more smoothly for | everybody concerned The Town Crier himself has been "up it" and "down and out" before now and knows what he is talking about, LL A * There is a concerted movement in one of the States of the Union for a law making it compulsory for the owners of all cats to obtain li- censes year by year, 1 owners do in the Province of On tario. This - seems to thg Town Crier to be a move in the right and other infectious diseases. They are confirmed night prowlers. They destroy singing birds. They garbage cans, and make themselves general nuisances: just as far as it lies in their power. With a tax of, per cat there would not be so many of these pests running at large all day and all night, while the additional revenue would be very welcome to any city in these hard times, THE TOWN CRIER sav $3. CONDITION IN B.C. The Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Burcau of the Depart- ment of the Interior reports that December run-off in British Colum- bia approached more nearly to nor- mal conditions than it has done for some time past, In the Coast area and in the Central Fraser River ba- sin the stream flow was about 92 per cent, of the December average whil:t in the North Thompson Riv- er basin it was nearly twenty per cent above the average for the month, In the Upper Kootenay Riverbasin the run-off was again belo.. the average for the month but only about five per cent which is the sinallest percentage deficiency recorded: for many omnths. The relative increase in run-off was due to fairly heavy precipitation which occurred throughout the province during December, In the higher levels this precipitation was in the form of snow. RHEUMATISM? Lame Back? Painful Hip? Listen te Mr, Wm. Piché, Hull, Que.: "I suffer from Rheumatism in the legs. It moves from place to place. The pain Is terrible, If it weren't for T-R-C's I would be in bed instead of up and pain," Bqually good for Neuritis, Lum- bago, Sciatica, Neuralgia. No harmfu) drugs. SOc and $1 everywhere. 234 You owe it te yourself to try T-R~C's Bi Strain sy C. H. Tuck, Ope. D (Copyright, 1938) 10UR CHILD AND THE Part 32 Myopia commonly called short- sightednesg, is generally caused through the improper use of the eyes in early life and during gchool life. An undue amount of clote work ond reading when the eyo tissves are in their or- mative stages is the most com- mon cause, The desire for and the habit of reading in these cases ig very easily indulged in und appreciated because unlike the condition of far- sightedness, Myopia is very seldom accomp- anied by headaches, A Myopic condition accompan- EYES Council, Public Utilities | ritten to | sigied | it is undoubtedly a tact that a lit- | against | Just as dog | direction, Cats are subject to rabies | rob | around, They certainly drive out the | fed by a headache is generally found to have some other error combined with the Myopic condi- tion, Many cases of headaches ¢ncountered in later life have Leer developed and fixed by eye- strain at this peried. More directly connected with the eyestrain of Myopia is a form of aching of the eyeball, general- | | lv found when the Myopia is de- | veloping Certain forms. of 1 common to with this trouble ele. trouble are SONS AIT HOWERTON, EDITOR JHE (UERO (TEXAS) RECORD, SAYS: -- Ol DAILY at what and pre above reverses, this goal regard- always call their great drama part to play, that part If you on top of the little house in play your If you can't be the of this great show, then of the "mob," but be the hest in | your cla Go at your task with a purpose, not merely a wish. Set first as your goal something vou should achieve, not some- thing. you would only dream of achieving, Success lies in con- centrated effort, courage, deter- mination, Have patience, its fruits are sweet, Work not to- ward the improbable. We can't all be Kings. Regardless of your task, do | that task well, The future looks back upon the past for its refer- cnees., IPaflure does not hitching In this all have a » playing of hieve success y» castle be the y, but star not always mean deteat Defeats are quicksands of life, The ladder of success an never he laid in quicksands. | Be content | strive to climb higher. Aspire to | be the General, but first make a rood privat SUCCESS IS GAUGED BY OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NOT BY WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOM. PLISH. ) WHAT OTHERS SAY CRITICIZES GRUMBLERS To the Editor, Oshawa Daily Times, Dear Sir,--I trust you will be able to find space for my humble letter in your paper. 1 feel compelled to voice my disgust when I hear from so very many of the men who are at pres- ent receiving relief work from the city of Oshawa of three days' work in nine, and their pay is ap- proximately $3.00 a day, really $1.00 per day, in England four shillings and twopence a day be- fore the depreciation of the pound sterling, They also receive coal and whod, also orders for §7otertes where needed or asked or, They grumble how hard it is to live under such conditions and the unfairness of life, We all agree and admit that the whole world is suffering from long hard times, but do these people ever stop. to think what others have gone through and are still suffer- Ing to-day. There are thousands of families in England to-day working, not receiving relief, and earning less than the relief gives here, and paying their way. In 1914 the Great War was de- clared my husband joined the army in September, 1914, in Eng- land and when I went to draw my weekly allowance I drew eight shillings and fourpence a week, | $2.00, Out of that I had to live, | pay rent, and keep my child. Ima- | gine my feelings whén others around me were making' muni- | tions and drawing up to twenty or a hundred pounds a week, and I was only one of thousands of soldiers" wives in a similar posi- tion, These hard-done-by people of Oshawa on city relief work and 'on the welfare never stop | in pra | almost cart to | needed part | he one | | close to with your lot, but | 7 think of the small business man who, in many cases, gives them credit, has taxes to pay to help to keep them. The business man has no relief or sympathy given him, if he can't pay he is sold up or made a bankrupt, or he borrows from his bdnk or where he can, or goes without to repay his debts. On the other hand the relief workers, or thoge who received welfare help, hdve not the worry hanging over their heads to pay taxes when times are better or as they can. Surely if they would stop to think instead of grumbling so much, and being so ungrateful to an already over-burdened city and taxpayers, we should all have more heart and a much lighter load to carry, If we were all less selfish and worked together shoul- der to shoulder I don't think thig old world would be as bad as peo- ple try to make fit, Thanking you, Mr. Editor, A MOTHER. Oshawa, Feb. 27. MAY SEED BIG WHEAT ACREAGE Grain Growers Making In- tensive Plans For Big Crop (By the Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Man. Feb, 27.-- This is "economy year' on the far: of Western Canada. of it the lar scale grain grower of the prairies is going back to what he calls old-fashion- ed methods of producing rolling up his fray« sleev r a return to the hand-to-hand mode of struggle with the land. great machinery -- motor s, motor cultivators, gigantic will idle in barn- na money to buy mechanical units p the There oline for the hose entry placed Canada ahead of t world tical grain producing drought would, of course, age tl gst to a degree Tore discour would play upon which 1 of a furm peopl thre consecu themselve lanted lace courageously for nother try, & 1 prospects are at at least a than last will year, bringing moist- instead of soil-blowing nds, "growing weather" in- stead of blazing heat, is the hope f the west, Rainfall last autumn was encoura and heavy snows in most sections this winter will derve to provide land with some small measure of moisture for soil germination. These factors have stimulated farmer endeavour in the direc- tion of putting seed to a large acreage, A prominent Winnipeg agriculturist has estimated that 1,000,000 acres more than last year will be geeded. Few authorities are of the opinion there will be any decrease in acre- age. . An increase will testify to the grim tenacity of the prairie farm- er in his "comeback effort." If he plants in excess of the 25,- 352,722 acres put to seed last year, more ground will be under cultivation than at any time. It will be a record-breaking display of courage, hope and optimism. History shows that the grower can take just one crop-losg with equanimity, Slight reduction in seeding the following year is his reaction, Two failures--and he seeks to retrieve his losses. In 1924, 21,066,221 acres were seeded and when enly 235,694,- 000 bushels were harvested, the seeded acreage declined in 1625 to 19,759,648, The 1926 crop amounted to only 389,765,000 bushels from 21,805,314 acres. So the following spring seeding fell off to 21,425,656 acres, Acreage decreased from 24,- 296,116 acres in 1929 to 23,960, 000 in 1930 when the 1929 crop amounted to only 281,664,000 bushels, But a second straight faflure in 1930 brought the farm- er up with a start, He sceded 25,- 362,722 acres last spring and the third failure in a row may have induced him to put more thaa 26,000,000 acres to seed. This spring will tell. It ig considered a certainty that more oats will be seedea this spring than in several years. Feed stocks have been badly depleted, particulary in drought-stricken areas and the general reaction to the use of horses for heavy farm work makes larger stocks of oats imperative. Some authorities believe the great amount of land likely to be summerfallowed will keep the wheat acreage from increasing. This is likely to be the case in southern Saskatchewan, some sec- tions of which were swept last summer by the most devastating wind storms in years. Acres and acres of rich soil, dried out by drought, were swept clean of soft earth and these sections will have to be summerfallowed before they | can be seeded. Great fear of the farmer is that spring rains will not come in time to get crops away to a good start, The reserve supply of mois- ture in most prairie areas is low, moisture being present to a depth of only.three or four inches in the drought belts. Alberta's Peace River country has a better reserve supply than any district in the west. Danger of the low moisture reserve can hardly be over-esti- lated, in the opinion of leading agrarians. Southwestern Manitoba has po- tential danger of its own---grass- hoppers. Swarms of the beetles, 80 thick they appeared to be low- hanging clouds over the wheat fields, last summer caused exten sive damage to crops and provin- to cial department of agriculture ex- } ! 1 l es | | ¥eq | our r to prairie agriculture | | | obliged to practise | gent perts here believe the 1932 grass- hopper menace may be even more marked. Steps are underway to attack the insect in early spring with a specially-prepared poison. OBTAINING FOOD CLOSE TO COST Large Grocery Chain Has Under Two Cents on Dollar It is interesting to note from the report of Dominion Stores Limited which has just been sent to sharcholders that with sales for the past year at a new high figure in the history of the Company, the net | for | each dollar of sales. In other words | out of every dollar spent with Do- | profit is less than two cents imnion Stores, more than 98 cents was paid out to the manufacturers of goods, in wages to its own twen- | ty-ive hundred employees, and in transport costs to the various rail- way and trucking companies, teav- ing less than two cents for expan- sion of the business and for divid- ends for those who have invested mn the enterprise. Canadians living in Ontario, Que- bee, New Brunswick and Nova Sco- tia bought from the Company last year groceries, vegetables truits and meats in the amount of $25,200,000.- W, compared with $24,100,000.00 1n the previous year. Profits, after operati expenses 'and provision tor icra income taxe were 1 Stores Limited $ on (lo the h i every decrease food cost that occurred during 1931," said W , F. Stewart, Secretary of the Company, in an interview. "Our plan of turning over our stocks ra- y and buying only merchandise red { mediate sale cust dela; pid, allowed full advan- ine of 16 price of food ers to take tage an average de tuffs." "lhe oificers of this Company Are delighte 1od when a great JEr ol our ic the most strin- we feel that our Company has done its part by car- rying on, not only in its usual way, but with an increased number of cconomy, | stores and employees and by taking le. than two cents net profit from cach dollar of sales." "No one hopes for an improve- ment in general conditions more than we do, but ourcustomers may rest content that during the pre- sent period of low prices; we will pass. on to them every possible sav- Ing. INDUSTRY BEGAN INA SHALL WAY President of Big Biscuit Company Tells Story of Success Toronto, Feb, 27.--A romance of modern business that should be an inspiration to every small storekeeper was told to nmewspa- per men yesterday, by Mr. C, E. Edmonds, President of Christie, Brown and Company, Limited, who is completing his fifty-sixth year of service with the company. Mr. Edmonds, who can recall personally much of the rise of the Christie, Brown organiza- tion, told how the giant biscuit company was started in a small store on Yonge Street, Toronto, by two men with a working cap- ital of not more than $500. To- day the business they founded is capitalized at millions of dollars and is the largest industry of its type in Canada. It has two man- ufacturing plants in the East, an- other--the million dollar Winni- pes plant opened last week -- in the West and thirteen distribut- ing branches from Halifax to Vancouver. The simple history of Christie, Brown and Company as told by the active veteran president is this. -- The business began in 1849 when two young men James Mathers and Alexander Brown termed a partnership in a small store in Toronto to make biscuits. They had with them as assistant salesmen, William Christie, who was destined to become a partner and eventually play an Important its | wv Canadians are | DEPOSIT BOXES For rent | 3 | | $3. and up per Annum TOR OF VALUABLE DEEDS, BONDS ETC. CENTRAL CANADA IAN AND SAVINGS COMPANY 23 SIMCOE ST. N,, OSHAWA Ef esmasuisreo 1884 { | part in Canada's biscuit making industry. The biscuits sold from this gicall bakery became popular with a limited clientele and the business began to progress. Four years later Brown and Mathers 1etired and the business was handled by young William Chris- tie. Mr. Brown, however, re-en- tercd the company in 1861 and the name, Ch Brown and Company Li ed, was adopted. of Canada in business firmly one of Canada's | coming concerns, In 1571 and egain in 18 larger premises were necessary and it was symp- tomatic of the sales energy be- hind the organization that tae first trans-Canada train had a Christie representative on hoard. From that point the business has never looked back until to- duy Christie Discuits are known round the world, The original store in Toronto has been re- placed by three factories -- one | cceupying nearly a whole down- tcwn block in Toronto, the sec~ + ond Toronto factory occupying many thousands of square feet of {ioor space and the third -- the new Winnipeg plant -- is ack- nowledged the finest biscuit fac tory on the continent. The original plant turned out a very small variety of biscuits. Today over 500 lines are market« ed. And here, according to Mr. Ed- monds, is the real key to success in the Christie, Brown organiza- tion. It has constantly maintain- ed a high standard of quality in ite products and has advertised steadily in good times and bad, using newspapers from coast to coast, year in and year out, INVESTIGATION FOR POST OFFICE British Government to De cide on Proposed Dras- tic Changes istie | 1867 found the established Tondon. -- As a sequel to thq memorial recently presented t the Prime Minister by 320 mem bers of Parliament, the Postmas ter-General Rt. Hon, Sir Kingsle) Wood, appointed a committee tc inquire into whether any change in the status, constitution or or ganization of the Post Office wil be in the public interest. The broad issue before th committee is whether the Pos Office shall continue to be ru from Whitehall or shall be trans formed into a public utility un dertaking -- like the Britis Broadcasting Corporation -- fo instance -- and run on purel business lines, 'The signers o the memorial content the Pos Office is too much of a publi utility to be under the Gover ment control. Viscount Bridgeman, forme First Lord of the Admiralty, i chairman of the committee, whic inciudes also Lord Plender, wh has served on innumerable sim iar committees; and Sir Joh Cadman, a member of the Scie tiic and Industrial Researc Council, It is little wonder the prospe ity needle spins around, ng knowing in which direction t point, The only thing so far barred i the Shanghai fighting is poiso gas. But how long will that ba remain? ALL MEN AGAIN AS THEY WERE THEIR 13 ANNUAL OVERSEAS REVUE '"AS YOU WERE" AL. PLUNKETT = ROSS HAMILTON "RED" NEWMAN--GLENN ALLAN SCOTTY MORRISON -- CURLY NIXON LAURIE THOMPSON -- SCOTTY PLUNKETT And The Famous Vaudeville and Movie Star DON ROMAINE ("Madam Queen") REGENT --Tuesday Evening, Mar. 15 Canada's Favorites at Their Best CAPT. M. W. PLUNKET --=AND HIS-- ; DUMBELLS IN Curtain at 8.30 THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT VALUE IN TOWN BOc, 78¢c, 95¢ (Tax Extra) Seat Sale Opens 'Monday, March 14, Mail orders Now. ~~ ~