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WAGE FOUR The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA: DAILY FEFORMER (Established 1871) -- #n independent newspaper published every afters noun except Sundays and legal holidays at Osh- awa, Canada, by The Times Publishing Com- pany of Oshawa, Limited. Chas, Mundy, President, A. E. Alloway, Jaren g Director. 'The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily News- paper Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa and suburbs, 12¢ 8 week, By mall in Canada (outside Osh- awa carrier delivery limits) $3.00 a 7ear. United States $4.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 18 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Tele- phone Adelaide 0107. H. ND, Tresidder, repre- sentative. SATURDAY, MAY 14th, 1932. The Same Forty The opening sentence of the report, in Thursday's issue of The Times, of the an- nual banquet of the employees of the Osh- awa Dairy, carried a significant message. This sentence told of the fact that "Forty employees, the same forty who gathered just one year ago," assembled at this en- joyable social function. It is worth while to note what this phrase "the same forty who gathered last year" really means. It meams that there have been no removals by death, no dis- missals and no resignations from the staff of employees of the Oshawa Dairy during the year. This, we believe, is a most un- usual record in these days of business stress and uncertainty. It indicates that the Oshawa Dairy family is a happy fam- ily, with employers who have made every effort to show the same loyalty to their employees as the employees endeavor to give them. 1t would indeed be interesting to know if there are any other concerns, employing a like number of people, that can show so excellent a record of maintaining steady employment for their workers during these last twelve months. We feel that the Osh- awa Dairy is to be congratulated, in these days of business stress, on being able to say that it still has "the same forty" em- ployees that it had a year ago. A Foul Crime Words utterly fail one in trying to give expression to the feelings which arose on reading the announcement of the discovery of the dead body of the two year old son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, In all the annals of foul and brutal crimes, this must surely take first place for cold- blooded and callous murder. The people of the whole civilized world must have shud- dered as they read the story of the little body being found in the woods, a hole punched in its skull, through which its life- blood must have flowed on the night of the kidnapping. : One can hardly express, either, the feel- ings of sympathy which arise for the sor- rowing parents. Happy in their secluded home, they have been suddenly plunged into the deepest of human tragedies. They might well ask why this should happen to them. They sought only to be left alone, to be allowed to pursue the happiness which had come to them. They had harm- ed no one. Then, like a beast in the night, there came a foul prowler to wreck that happiness and transform their home into a place of mourning. The world mourns with them, holds out to them all the sym- pathy that human hearts can express. But what of the foul beasts responsible for the crime? What of the state of law- lessness and crime rule which makes a tragedy of this kind possible If innocent babes sleeping in their cradles are not to be safe from the raids of callous criminals, what is civilization coming to? The Lind- bergh baby murder is the most terrible indictment of the lawlessness of the United States that has yet been revealed. Crimin- als have run riot throughout the country, and have spared not even a little child in their lust for bloodshed and money. The horror of the crime became all the more intense when one considers that the , father of the child had already paid a sun of $50,000 to the supposed kidnappers for the return of his son. If they were the real kidnappers, then they took this money knowing that the child was lying dead un- der the trees near the New Jersey home. "Buch folly it was to think that men capable of the kidnapping had any decent instincts left in thé, Such folly to place any de- dencé on the word of criminals such as infest the United States. Looking back over the situation now, one can only ex- 'press regret that the police forces were not given full rein to get out and secure the kidnappers, rather than have the des- ' perate father committed to the foolish ' policy of treating with thugs and gang- sters. + This crime should be a salutory lesson : to the United States. It should be a warn- ing that the criminals who are making the land a place of terrorism must be rooted . out, and that the whole forces of the law should not be allowed to rest until the "country becomes as. safe for even little .¢h as human effort can make it. The dbergh tragedy will long remain a blot on civilization as it exists in the United States, and it is for those charged with the maintenance of law and order to remove it. Steps for Economy As was to be expected, Premier Henry immediately gave denial to the story in the Toronto Globe to the effeet that the government was considering a reduction in the number of members in the Ontario Legislature, a reduction in the size of the provincial cabinet, the abolition of county councils, and the abolition of grand juries. These steps, the Globe story said, were being considered in the interests of econ- omy, and, even although there has been a denial of the story, it is apparent that they have been matters for governmental con- sideration. ' We rather expected the denial, as has been said, because the story seemed too good to be true. There are few countries which are so over-governed as Canada. We have the federal parliament of 245 members, the Ontario provincial legisla- ture of 112 members, each county has its county council, and under it the township council, while the urban municipalities have their town or city councils. It seems like a top-heavy and complicated piece of mechanism for the government of a coun- try which numbers only ten millions of people. There are many citizens of Ontario who would agree that the Ontario legislature could operate just as effectively - with about half the number of members it has at the present time. But even a reduction such as was mentioned by the Globe, of thirty members, would mean a consider- able saving to the province. The same would be true of a reduction of the num- ber of cabinet ministers to eight. These would be genuine measures in the inter- ests of economy, although it might be dif- ficult to convince the legislators whose heads might fall in the process that they were justified. The proposal to abolish county councils is-one which is rather drastic, but which has many supporters. It is not to be ex- pected that county councillors would agree with this proposal, but the rank and file of the citizenship of Ontario on the back concessions would, we believe, heartily en- dorse it as a means of reducing their tax burdens. The average grand jury, too, has rather outlived its usefulness, and one feels inclined to agree with the attorney- general in considering them a useless ap- pendange to the system of law enforce- ment and adminstration. It is rather a pity that Premier Henry denied the Globe story in toto. One would have felt very kindly disposed towards him had he admitted that these steps for econ- omy were being seriously considered, and were likely to be put into effect. Such an admission would have had a good effect, politically, and he is interested in that, throughout the province. After his denial, one can only express the hope that if the government has not given seripus consid- eration to these steps, it will do so with- out delay, and will have definite plans ready before the legislature meets again. Editorial Notes If the provincial government proposes to assist municipalities in accordance with their needs, as suggested by the premier, Oshawa should be given very generous treatment. Crops conditions in the west are the best since 1928. If one could only say the same for crop prices, everything would be lovely. Other Editor's Comments A FINE EXAMPLE (Brantford Expositor) A fine example of the spirit that ought to prevail in the Canadian Parliament in an emergency like that through which Canada is passing at the present time was given by the Hon. James Malcolm, Minis- ter of Trade and Commerce in the former 'King Government. When the trade treaty with New Zealand was before the House, Mr. Malcolm frankly declared that the agreement in connection with the automobile industry was excellent, and that a num- ber of the provisions were very advantageous, He complimented Mr. Stevens on the successful conclu- sion of the negotiations. Frank commendation of this character, combined with suggestions for strengthening the treaty, is exactly what might be expected of a former Minister of Mr, Malcolm's integrity and ability. Why should not the New Zealand treaty be praised, even by the opponents of the Government, if it opens avenues of trade for Canadian export? There has been a very general feeling throughout Canada. that the present session of the Federal House at Ottawa has spent too much of its time in manoeuvring for partizan advantage in the debates. There have been charges, and recriminatory charges, hurled across the House by both parties. The spectacle has not been one caléulated to inspire con- fidence in the people's representatives, In the mean- time, Canadians, without respect to political affilia- tions, have been anxious to see the legislators at Ottawa give constructive leadership, and point the way for Canada's .ccovery of national prosperity, The attitude of the Hon. Mr. Malcolm is to be particularly commended. BITS OF HUMOR Mother was telling Frank how to behave at the party, "Now," she said, "if they pass the cake a second time you must say, 'No, thanks, I've had plenty,' and don't you forget it." All went well with Frank until the hostess said, kindly, "Won't you have another piece of cake?" No, thanks, I've had enough, and don't you for- get it," was the astonishing reply. : 4° The Coton Crier TE.~The opinions exprsssed in this or each Saturday must not be con- ss being those of The Oghaws Times, They are dent nions contributed by The "Crier" uimsell and must be interpreted as such, ( his column should be adiressed 0 ne Town Crier," in care of The Oshaws Times.) The Kingston Whig-Standard says "No man is old until he feels like kissing a girl on 'the forehead", A lot depends on the girl, her age, the state of her complexion, gen- eral appearance, relationship to the man, and many other things. LJ LJ The Town Crier often hears the expression "ten minutes of five", or "twenty minutes of eleven" when the speaker wishes to denote the time by the clock. So far as the author of this column is concerned he has never been able to deter- mine what is meant to his complete satisfaction. It may be "ten min- utes to five" or "twenty minutes past eleven", he is just as wise as he was before. It is something like the expression ":ut a piece off of the loaf". ¢ oo With 'starlings becoming far more numerous in Ontario and many of these beautiful birds having been seen already this spring in this city, a word for the protection of these birds, the song of which may be heard here all the winter through, is very seasonable, In Great Britain where these birds are very numer- ous, the farmer has found them to he most valuable. They are insect- ivorous and destroy millions of grubs and caterpillars even riding on the backs of sheep and picking off the ticks. When taken young (although the Town Crier does not approve of making such pets) a starling can be readily domesticated and can even be taught to talk if the mentor has a lot of patience Boys with air guns please note. . Ll - Again disagreeing with the edit- orial attitude of The Times publish- ed on Thursday of this weck under the heading "Repaying Relief Grants", the Town Crier commends the suggestion of Mayor Hawkes that some method, based on that established in.the town of Colborne, might be adopted so that citizens would be given the opportunity of repaying the city for assistance re- ceived. The author of this column is convinced that a large percentage --a majority if you will--of the un- employed would be willing to make some effort to meet their obligation to the city in the matter of relief obtained when the time comes that they are in a position so to do. The "Town Crier agrees with The Times when it states that many who apply tor relief "are simply vic- tims of circumstances, unable to see the possibility of early repayment," but on the other hand, so far as he knows, there has never been any mention of "early repayment". Some opportunity to "pay when you can" however, should be created if many good citizens are not to feel that they have lost some «measure of their self respect by accepting re- lief, . LJ LJ The old question has arisen as to what cities in Ontario will keep May 24 as a general holiday and what other cities will celebrate on June 3. The question may well be asked why not keep both days? The re- tail merchant who is not fortunate enough to possess a very broad out- look will say "it means the loss of a great deal of business". All pop- pycock, tommy-rot, likewise balder- dash. 1f the Town Crier needs a pair of socks, a bag of flour, or a packages of cigarettes to-day and You should know this about oil, says mechanic The proper oiling of household devices presents a problem dif- ferent from any other form of lu- brication. Sewing machines, vace uum cleaners, lawn mowers, the electric motors of washers, fans, refrigerators and similar devices have a tendency to collect dirt and rust when not in service. Consequently oil intended for general household use should clean and protect as well as lubri- cate. 3-in-One Oil will do these three things. For, unlike ordinary oll, it is really three high quality oils in one--animal, mineral and veg- etable. It penetrates quickly, cleans the metal surfaces, "stays put", reduces wear and saves re- pairs. It also prevents rust and tarnish, Don't make the mistake - of thinking "any king of oil will do." Play safe; insist on 3-in-One Oil. Sold everywhere, by good grocery, hardware, drug and gen- eral stores, For your protection, look for the trade mark *"3-in- One' printed in Red on every package. all the stores are closed, he will still need the same article to-mor- row when the stores are all open, but the secret of the whole matter lies in that little word "all" and this can be adjusted either by compul- sion at the instigation of the ma- jority or else complete co-operation. A modern prophet is usually clas- sified as a bit of a fool, and rightly 30, but nevertheless the Town Crier is going to take ,a chance in pre- dicting that potatoes will be about $2.50 a bag this time next year or even higher in price than that. Why? Because the farmer will not think it wise to sow potatoes this spring. If the price of pork goes up then every breeder increases his stock and the supply exceeds the demand. Breeders lose money on their investment. The same thing with potatoes and other produce. It some person could only obtain about a hundred acres of good arable land and plant potatoes this spring, keeping the venture a com- plete and profound secret, he would make a small fortune. According to the. textbooks ap- proved by the Ontario Department of Education the abbreviation of "that is" is "i.e." So far as the Town Crier is concerned the abbre- viation of "that is" can only bejone thing, "that's". The letters "ic." are, it is true, an abbreviation for "id est", the translation of which has been corrupted to mean "that is" but that does not mean "ie." is an abbreviation of "that is"! The letters "i.e." hold the same relation- ship to "that is" as the symbol "&" does to the word "and". "And" it- self cannot be abbreviated. Web- ster gives the meaning of "abbre- viation" as "act of shortening or re- ducing", 'whereas "i.e." is a symbol standing for the full expression, un- shortened and not reduced. THE TOWN CRIER. ¥ Strain oy C. H. Tuek, Opt. D | (Copyright, 1938) SIGNIFICANVE OF OCULAR SYMPTOMS Part "14" t If we could apply thepry In every case, we would be impelled to say that the power of accom- modation which does diminish with the approach of age until at forty to forty-five practically everyone should wear glasses for reading. However, theory cannot apply properly. As many people exist who through the mal-func- tioning of the separate paris of the body require assistance even for reading eariy in life as there are those who through greater care and attention to the laws of health do not need this assistance until much later in life. This will explain why some people who the- oretically should have no accom- miodative power at all on account of age, will show under examina- tion a power equal to that of a person of more in middle life. It may be commonly noted as an effect of strain for people at this age to find it hard to open the eyes in the morning particu- larly after sewing or reading the night before. This symptom in most cases will entirely disap- pear when the eyes are corrected or when the glasses are changed. Particularly indicative that the correction should be properly ad- Justed to suit the close work. (To be continued) Nothing is farther from the truth that patriotism by a ma- jority of the people died after the World War, We live in an age of increasing inter-nationalism and interdepen- dence in a rommon way among nations; but patriotism is surviv- ing that also, although it is changing in form among many high in public life. This new kind of patriotism among the few has risen under the name of Economy, brought on primarily by national difficul- ties. They say Economy is Patriots ism and advocate the reducing of pay, cutting of national defense, refusing adequate aid to disabled war veterans, raising taxes and the suggestion that every person in the nation economize likewise. The majority of the people have taken their words seriously, with the result that most of the people started to economize, ne ing so scared that they are try- ing to see how little they can GARDEN, SEEDS BULK GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS, GRASS SEED AND FERTILIZERS "AND HOW THEY GROW" COOPER- SMITH CO. PHONE 8 16 CELINA STREET HINSWEN'S CLUB HEARS ADDRESS ON TELEPHONE (Continued from page 1) tion existing. The long-distance calls averaged 500 daily. The progress made has been continu- ous and changes only made only after very careful study and ex periment. Such a small thing as the "Thank you' from the operators to-day, was given ex- haustive study, and it was found to be a great time saver, and a very important thing with the Bell Company, a nerve-saver. Operators work on an eight-hour shift with frequent rest periods and are moved to different posi- tions on the board. All bills for the Ontario are made up from headoffice in Toronto and sent out from there and the collec- tions are done by the local office. This even applies to long-distance calls, a careful record of which are kept. Jan, 25th of this year saw the inauguration of an all-Canadian transcontinental line between Halifax and Vancouver, said Mr. Black. Previously Canada had been dependent on the U.S.A. for this service, The telephone lines are also used for radio broad- casting between distant points. At the close of his address Mr. Black invited the members of the club to inspect the workings of the Tocal office, Tom Young moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Black for his talk and invitation, The tour of inspection was very enlightening and was made so by the very clear explanation of Mr. Black and his assistants. RATS ARE MENACE IN SASKATCHEWAN Agricultural Officials Now Waging War Against Rodent Army Regina, Sask. -- Veteran cam- paigner in the war against cut- worm, grasshopper and drought, Saskatchewan is girding for an Affensive against its newest en- emy---the rat, Moving westward at the rate of 18 miles a year a rodent army hag infested the eastern portion of Saskatchewan and is moving westward. Civic, municipal and agricul- tural officials have united in the drive to abate the menace. The area of occupation includes all territory east of a north-and- south line running from the United States boundary through Gravelburg, Caron, and just east of Watrous, Humboldt and Mel- fort, and includes the cities of Regina, Moose Jaw and Swift Current. First appearance of the roam- ing rodent was reported in 1912 at Gainsborough, just west of the Manitoba. boundary, in the south- east corner of Saskatchewan. The of the Province live on, with the result that it caused a depression. We have our shams, our un- realities, our polite fictions, Let us not work this word Economy to Death. Let us cease this talk of good will and live it for a while, Let use cease crying for a spirit of give and take, and each give a little. Let us cease to fight for selfish party pro- gramg and in this hour fight for our country alone, MERE SENTIMENT CAN ON- LY MAKE THE CONFUSION WORSE, line of march since then has been so slow that the situation was only recently noticed by alarm- ed public health officials, Many municipalities in th fepted area have already faken successful steps to check the scourge. Practically eve com- munity boasts of at least one '"Pled Piper of Hamelin" and or- ganized hunts have brought good results, Discovering that a large col- ony of rats had invaded his out- buildings, E. Penner, Early Grey farmer, invited neighbors over for a field day. A "bag" of nearly 200 was counted when tne hunt wag finished, Surveys have been taken by the Saskatchewan Deprtment of Health every two years to deter- mine the line of march. While not figures for the 1925 and 1927 surveys are available, the 1929 and 1931 figures show alarming increases in the advance. In 1929 a total of 205,471 rats were destroyed, Bounty paid for thetr destruction amounted to $12,526. Last year, due to financial condi- tions, no bounty was paid. TORONTO GIRL IS HEIR TO $14,000 Toronto.--"If I get anything like $14,000, I'll not deny myself a ¢ingle thing," declared Miss Maggie Costello, of this etty, whose uncle, Obadiah Markle, died in Hamilton, Ont.,, a month ago, leaving that amount--much to everybody's surprise. This confession was jubilantly genuine, "I have had to deny my- self a long time," Miss Costello said, "so, if I get that money I'll satisfy a lot of ancient desires." Early in April Markle died in Hamilton, apparently a pauper. For some' months he had been re- ceiving an old age pension and, to all appearances, had been liv- ing on this. When he died, he was buried by the city. It was only recently that Miss Costello, only living relative of Markle's, heard of the death, She and Markle had kept up a fairly régular correspondence, and one of her letters was discovered in his room following his death. But that wasn't all. When Markle's landlady was cleaning up his off the bed for an airing. Lying on the springs wag a bank book room, she heaved the mattress showing $14,000 in deposits. CO-OPERATION IN BUYING IS LATEST ALBERTA VENTURE United Farmers Body 'Ex- tends Field of Its Activities Calgary, Alta, -- Alberta's latest venture in the field of co-operatives --just a year since being brought under the wing of the control or- ganization of the United Farmers of Alberta--is flourishing. It is .co-operative purchasing. While not extended to all lines of commodities and farm needs, the purchasing agencies include lubri- cating and fuel oils, greases, bind- er twine, coal, gopher poison and formaldehyde, as well as some staple goods. Norman F. Priestley, vice-presi- dent of the UF.A, informed The Canadian Press the present seeding season was witnessing rapid strides in co-operative purchasing. Pattern for all other purchasing associations that are being formed, the Coronation Constituency U.F.A. Co-Operative Association was form- ed in March, 1930. 'It now hag 32 locals. During the past year, since May, 1931, eleven constituency or- ganizations have been formed, The DEPOSIT BOXES For rent # $3. and up per Annum FOR SAFE 'KEEPING OF VALUABLE DEEDS, BONDS CENTRAL CANADA IPAN AND SAVINGS COMPANY 23 SIMCOE ST. N., OSHAWA ESTABLISHED 1884 constituency associations have from 7 to 28 locals each, Each constit- uency also has from 100 to 600 farm families associated with it. Lubricating and fuel oils, along with gopher poison, are the chief articles being handled by the asso- ciations at present, said Mr. Priest- ley. Distribution of the oils is be- ing carried out as best possible without any capital investment in warehouses or distribution systems, "We are endeavoring to avoid capital expenditures on buildings. That is something that has caused many a co-operative venture a lot of trouble, and our co-operative purchasing agencies aim to avoid it," said Mr. Priestley. He added that each constituency association, through an apointed manager, was operating with a saving to its mem- bers, and that if warehouses and the like were built they would eat into the savings being effected. At present, he said, it was unable to estimate the amount of business being done by the co-operatives, but added "its a large amount." Shirts |}! 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