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| PAGE FOUR - | The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) -- independent newspaper published every after. By ny ns 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, Times is a member of The the Canadian Dally News- the Ontario Provincia) Dailies aud the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION Bates 2 sabudln vered by carrier in Oshawa an y De oon: By mai) in Canada (outside Osh- awa carrier delivery limits) $3.00 a year ted States $4.00 a year. : Reed TORONTO OFFICE Street. Tela. ond Building, 66 Temperance Sireel 33 5 Adelaide 0107. H. D, Tresidder, repre- sentative, TUESDAY, MARCH 8th, 1932. + Ibe Oshawa Daily Canadian Press, paper Association, Disarmament Thoughts Those who had the privilege of hearing the address of Lt.-Col. George A. Drew at last night's inter-city Rotary Club meeting, heard a splendid discourse on the vexed problems of disarmament. Col. Drew spoke on the subject as one with authority. He showed that he knew his subject thorough- ly, and that he carried strong convictions as to the things which were essential to make the present disarmament conference at Geneva a Success. The two main thoughts which h : oped were that the greatest ef tials to peace were that the provision of the Treaty of Versailles, and the covenant of the League of Nations for common en- forcement of international obligations, and for the controlling by nations of the pro- duction of armaments, instead of by pri- vate companies, should be incorporated In any agreement reached by the present eonference at Geneva, As he developed these thoughts, he convinced his audience of the soundness of these two proposals, In the first instance, common enforce- ment of international obligations by all member nations of the league would have put a speedy end to the present troubled situation in China. Had this clause of the covenant of the League of Nations been effective--Dby its acceptance by the United States--the threat of concerted action against Japan by all the other countries in the League would have been sufficient to halt the aggressive action which has been taken in China. And it would operate in just the same way on any other occasions on which the peace of the world is threat- ened. : The second thought is just as sound. The pages of history contain many in- stances, as quoted by Col. Drew, in which those making a profit from armaments have been responsible for wars, and for the continuance of wars at a time when peace seemed at hand, It is no new thing to have war waged for the sake of profits, and by removing the means of making profit out of supplying the armaments of war would e devel take away one of the potent factors which . stand in the way of peace. Col. Drew's address was informative and enlightening. It gave a world of informa- tion and constructive thought on a subject in which most people are vitally interested, but on which few are well informed. Ad- dresses of this type serve to stimulate the public conscience on a matter which is of vital interest to the whole of civilization, and Col. Drew is rendering a distinct ser- vice to this country in taking the leader- ship in presenting the case in favor of dis- armament, and the means by which it can be accomplished, and placing it so effec- tively before the thinking people of CiIn- ada. Dogs and Vivisection The disclosure of the finding of a valu- able dog, belonging to an Oshawa woman, in the vivisection department of the Uni- versity of Toronto, after it had been stolen from the streets of the city, has aroused much alarm in the minds of the dog-lovers of the city. It is reported that many dogs have disappeared from Oshawa recently, and their owners are now convinced that a regular trade is being done here in secur- ing dogs and supplying them to the vivi- gectionists at the university. There are strongly divided opinions as by why vivisection, even in the interests of medical science, should be allowed. That, however, is not the issue at stake in the present situation. The issue whether dogs, valued by their owners if by no one else, can be ruthlessly lifted from the streets of the city, and sent to Toronto to be used for experimental purposes. There are laws which prohibit the stealing even of dogs, and there should be an immediate and thorough police investigation to determine who is the person responsible for the send. ing to Toronto of the dog found in the vivisection department of the university, and to find out what relationship that in- dividual has had to other thefts of dogs which have occurred recently. There may be some -people who will wonder why any fuss should be made about a dog. But, after all ,dogs can he the object of much affection on the part of their owners, They are in most cases valued as & member of the family, and the rights of the owners in them are just THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1932 as sacred to the law as the rights they have in their own children. It is not enough that the one dog which was involved in the disclosure has been returned. No effort should be spared to find the person responsible for its being in the kennel in the medical school at Toronto, and bringing that person before the bar of justice. Police and Gangsters It is a sad commentary on lawlessness and administration of justice in the United States that nearly a week has elapsed since Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., was kid- napped, and still the police authorities have not the slightest clue as to who kid- napped the child or where he is, Still more significant is the statement that Col, and Mrs. Lindbergh, in their desperation, have turned to gangsters of the underworld for aid in helping them to locate their missing boy. Two underworld characters have been named by the Lindberghs as their repre- sentatives in negotiating with the kid- nappers, probably in a wild desire to use any means possible to secure the return of the kidnapped baby. The amazing thing is not that such a crime as the Lindbergh baby could be pos- sible, but that all the resources of the police departments of the United States have been able to make any progress to- wards the solution of the mystery. The baby "and its kidnappers have dropped right out of sight, and all clues which have so far presented themselves have been adopted in an effort to secure the re- turn of the child, but with nearly a week gone since the crime, the police are no further ahead than when they started. It is stated that public opinion in the United States has been thoroughly aroused by this kidnapping, on account of the pro- minence of the child and its parents. It is to be hoped that this attitude of mind on the part of the public will continue until it produces gome action in the direction of curbing lawlessness and crime in that country. There is heartfelt sympathy with Col. and Mrs, Lindbergh in the sore trial through which they are passing, and there ~ are universal hopes that their son will soon be restored to them. Jut when that takes place, the people of the United States should not make the mistake of falling back into a state of complacency. Conditions, to speak mildly, are rotten in that country when even a little child, sleeping in its cot, is not safe from the depredations of criminals, and it rests solely with the people of the United States to insist, with all the power at their command, that their country be made a safe country in which to live, Editorial Notes If the gangsters succeed in the Lind- bergh case where the police have failed, the 'United States police will become the laughing stock of the world, The death of Aristide Briand removes one of the great figures in the modern history of Europe. Without any sacrifice to French rights, he was one of the great- est forces for peace during the last ten years, It is rumored that another increase is being made in the tax on gasoline. e wonder if the government is tryin crowd on to the motorist just as much taxation as he can possibly stand. | Other Editor's Comments THE ECONOMY CAMPAIGN (Winnipeg Free Press) The campaign to hamstring the National Rail. ways in the name of national economy has assumed new significance with the opening of Parliament at Ottawa, 4 Evidently it is the intention of the Government to use the financial problem to present the public with two alternatives. Either cripple the National Railways by slashing their expenditures or face national insolvency. The peril, real or imagined, is being paraded before the public on every conceive. able occasion, Moreover, other and still more potent weapons . are being unlimbered against the publicly-owned system. Every time anyone asks the Government to spend money, to adopt a reform involving a little cash, the National Railways are pointed to as the stumbling block to progress, Until the National system has been dealt with, no onc need look for the Government's support, however needy and de- sirable the cause, BITS OF VERSE MY REASON Why do [ love you, O Wind, as I do! So quickly you come and so quickly you go, And why when you're here do I steal out alone To ask and tell you of thoughts all my own? Sometimes you come as a meek little breeze To play and to dance and. to sing through the trees; My thoughts then are light thoughts, so happy and Ray, I, too. want to sing, to dance and to play. But again whenyou come with such mighty force And you blow forth so boldly in one direct course. Ah, by thoughts then are grave thoughts rather mystic tis truc Because we're all in this world a great mission to do Why do 1 love you, O Wind, as I do! Listen! and the real reason I'll whisper to you You create in my soul a decp feeling of love For my friends, my true friends, sent as gifts from above, ~Helen Grimes. | with W. C. TEAGLE, PRESIDENT OF THE STANDARD OIL COM- PANY (N.J.), BAYS: That the biggest problem of government in the United States today is control of taxation. This demands better planning and closer supervision of appropria- tions, and of public expenditures made under them, At the rate the local and national govern- hents have heen travelling since 1917 we may live Lo see the day when every private citizen will be carrying one public employee on his back. Already taxes are con- geuming such a large proportion of individual and corporate in- come as to leave no margin, in many instances, for the accumu- lation of new capital or savings. The gasoline tax, originally moderate and accepted as a pro- per change upon the motorist for the Improved roads he uses, has become a football of politics. Its original justification has heen wst sight of in many states and the proceeds used in unwarrant- ed ways as a means of spresaing patronage and graft, It is now #0 high in a number of states ag to make its evasion more profit- #hle than the legitimate business of marketing gasoline, In several states the total] amount received by the treasurer has diminished as the rata per gallon has gone up. It is now go large an item in the cost of motoring as to ser- fously affect the use of automo. biles. The nation | wddled 1 an unusual burden to makes provision for the needy nr 7,000,000 unemployed, the same time usuul source of taxable revenuey have dimin ied and some of them dried np. So we have on the on hand leas money coming in, an the other, extraordinary ments to be made, This clr stance dictate Fundling of will ba achieved great body of citizens take a pro per interest in the affairs of their communities AND DEMAND A BETTER BRAND OF GOVERN. MENT THAN THEY HAVE wing the on BEEN RECEIVING, A SAFE RETREAT :--De | The Word of God | iin: in « thou | the METROPOLITAN LIFE COMPANY HAD GOOD YEAR Life Insurance in Force in Canada Exceeds One Billion Among the outstanding features of the 1931 annual business state- ment of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company are: the con- tinuation of the 1031 dividend scale, which will result in dividend pay- ments during 1932 of over $102, '400,000 to its policyholders, an Increase of 87,775,000 over 1931; the increase In the Compamw's assets hy $280,008,885, bringing the total as- sets to $3,500,115,663, which larger than those of any financial institution in the world ; the passing by the Company of the billion dollar mark of life insurance in force in adian investments to $231,086,523, The Company has now been doing business in Canada for sixty years, and the wide extent of the Metro- politan activities is shown by total number of policies in force in Canada, which now pumber 2,824 061, apd by the payments to policy among | HARRY Third Viee-Pre for Canada payment Jina have proved ie arcat tabilizing powers during a time of orld-cide deflation of values and change, con panies ooia nad ing 1081 of «O07, How vital a factor the | Compuny stands for in the life of Dominion 18 demonstrated PURI § are | Canada; and the increase in Can- | COUNCIL AGREES T0 COMPROMISE | | (Continued fron. page 1) $2400 by this, are reducing their budget, however, hy $4,000 so ist OTE Departmental offic have fat their expenditure everywhere it is possible for them to reduce, in some places they even cut it rather too fine Not A Reduction Mayor Macdonald." Di it a reduction in salaries irom April 1. That 18 contribution made to tl Board by th, i Ald Hymiat duction, « will, from ot the {they take mie um awa { where told, have reduced O11 ure tated t they have not call teacher "Alright, Tl but call April 1, they cutting salaries f | tember Fol | i lin the ag on, you are think this wil ) Just as much as put the shding scale 1 i us Council into ef- gregate, to had | suggested b | fect | "If that is | F met {i thes so then the Board hia the wish of this Council," I 1 ! ") y ' I kt ow | 0 eourt pr ing the | argument \ heen fighting | for a principle, fore J estin We give extr am Board it ite ' yi Ald Hyman, i Mayor Favoured Clause by | my strong habitation, whereunto || the fact that during the past sixty | years the total amount paid by the may continually resort; thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortres --Psalm 71: 3 TORONTO YOU WILL ENJOY OUR SERVICE IF YOU PREFER A QUIEY WELL CONDUCTED MEDIUM SIZED HOTEL, TRY 11 NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN TORONTO, Cheerful, comfortable rooms 'I'asty food, Restful surroundings PLENTY of CURB ¥ ARKING SPACE GARAGE ONE MINUTE WALK R Single $1.50 to $3.00 ates Double $2.00 0 $5.00 HOTEL WAVERLEY Spedine Avenue and College Street Deluxe Jo From "enn Depot or What 25¢ Company to Canadians, plus the |! ; bresent investments in Canada, ex- | | ceeds by over $100,000,000 the premiums received from Canadians, which total nearly $400,000,000, The welfure work of the 1031 free nursing visits Canadian policyholders totalled 405,65) and the total number of health publications distributed in Canada during the year was 8,826,574. In commenting on the which will be puld during 1032 as dividends to policyholders, Third Vice-President Wright, the Manager for Canada, gaid, "This dividend declaration of $102,400,768 is the largest annual declaration ever made by a life Insurance company, and as the Metropolitan is a mutual organization having no stockholders, nll divisible surplus is: returned to the Company's policyholders," The report indicates that $400,- 080,242 was pald to Metropolitan policyholders or their 'beneficiaries during 1031 and that of this amount $307,416,060 was paid wo. lv poliegholders, while the balance of $152,204,182 was paid in death as In previous years ~~ the during 1031 to amount Metro- | politan in Canada was continued in | 1 Wrigh v large a factor the life insu ance companies are in the economie life of the nation, Life Insurance payments and the strong position of the life insurance com. panies have proved to be great stabilizing powers during a time of world-wide deflation of values and | soclal change,' Is, | sug- | financial | PROPOSAL TO NAME == =) | COMMITTEE IN | Board PURCHASING LOST |. le pris E. R. WOOD President G. A, MORROW Vice-President and Managing Director | (Continned from page 1) ing committee can well take care his own requirements this year, 1 cannot see any occasion | for such a committee this year at any rate." Ald, Boddy, at this juncture in! the debate, moved that "Council Zo into committee of the whols for a digscusgion of this question.' Ald, Hyman: "I think every | man here has made up Lis mina, ¢ We discussed this thing back- wards and forwards in committee meeting Jet us get it over with, I am ready to move an amend- ment to this clanse of the report, and let us have a vote," Motion to go into eommittec was lost hy a large majority, Moved Amendment Ald, Hyman then moved, in amendment to the Finance Com mittee' recommendation "that all purchasing done by this Council on the request of the tunding committees; that all purchases shall be made either by | tender or competitive prices; that | the heady of the various depart ts he allowed to purchase $25, with the ap and consent of the respec- this motion heing adopted and gubstitut original clause of the previously guoted Boddy took the stand that Ald, Hyman's hamper and delay | hardled by a purchasing commit. means that we | (ec, through tenders in meeting of this The delay will be ridic- it year 1 believe we ! ! tag tho pur not be hal proper hasis, in| 4 la vear i y instance the contract went | \nendment to the report reall west tender, Under this | noan 3 shall each individual whole Council th Council have a purchasing commitiee iv in making purchases or shall r n delay w hiree men be authorized to go 4d and do this important of Herserr C. Cox Lecuron McCarray, K.C. Vice-Presidents l Nosmii---- E. T. Marong, K.C. W. S. Hoocens W. G. Morrow 'A. B. Fisngr A. H. Cox CENTRAL CANADA IPAN AND SAVINGS COMPANY KING AND VICTORIA $78. , TORONTO 23 SIMCOE 8T, N.. OSHAWA be mei 10 an amount of wal tive chalrmen cventually ed tor the report a Ald | the adoption of 'motion "will | purchase if it | have to and price Jouncil, nlo | gO Ald, Fryman and 1929, big this city, we committee in 19% buying years had no purchasing This year there will 80 much to purchase What tl} » 1928 for on a even, ent the y of ember of The amendment carried as pre are | viously stated, Il fim hi | ; | | a nn THES 7 32 lin 2 de The cumulative experi- ence of more than 114 years of successful bank- ing in Canada works for the benefit of every cus- tomer of the Bank of Montreal. a a 4. N 20 Ven, A feature of tho report was the | dally averages of business done by the Metropolitan during the year, These were pointed out as follows: | "The dally average of -the Com- pany's business during the year was 2177 a day In number of claims paid; 18,050 a day in number of life Insurance policies issued and re- vived; $11,820,700 a day in life in- surance issued, revived: and In- creased ; $2226280 a day in pay- ments to polleyholders and addition to reserve; and $024,402 a day in | Increase Wo assets," BANK OF MONTREAL Established 1817 TOTAL ASSETS IN EXCESS OF $730,000,000 lm Hm 1 One of the many pleasant things about the new Pontiac Six is how easily it is controlled. The Syncro-Mesh transmission makes gear shifting effortless -- and quiet. With Pontiac's free wheeling, the clutch is unnecessary in changing to second and third speeds. Then, too, the car steers on roller bearings, while large brakes and tires bring you to a quick, easy stop. You'll find the Ride Con- trol located conveniently on the dash. With this, you can instantly adjust the shock absorbers for dif- ferent loads, roads and speeds. Many other handy features, such as the floor-button control.to dim the headlights, will please you. Of course, the narrow windshield pillars and the large rear window also help the driver. . We could tell you a great deal more, but why not try these things for your- self? We have a car waiting for you to drive. Right now we're in a posi- tion to give you a good allowance on your present car--~G MAC time pay- ments will take care of the balance. P1036 7 PONTIAC SIX MOFFATT MOTOR SALES LTD. 88 Simcoe Street North --~ Oshawa ~~ Phone 915 J | :