THE. WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE-9 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 109 1940 TH ETTE AND HOIL tya Lrading WeeKI ýsaRy iiWtflifl by Tltnea ub- f sýh 1a& iiite. C. M 4AllowaY, V1?.-pYStdolIt. r1cw, Director;- e2,00 year ln acivsInce; $2.50 .,r, i the United States Or -1es. Thf date Wo whiCh the ib xIîdicated on the addre m atils on application, ltor an~d BusBiJicIsmail honeh:, '103 and 416. [E&>I-AY, APRIL 10. 1940. Fjnanciig at the Rotary y i yU MI t wee-k, as recorclea tullY ,ns last week, shouid nitiou?1 qIeStioflý of cost- rich have been such-to t weeks, and -should end nquestion clearly estab- One -,as tha.t-the money -andl installation o! the ng system carme from the vhitby Pp.bic Utility Com- up remerves accumulated. years, anîd not from the trea"Sury,.while another ,l extra cost-to the town- new light s is a littie les 2 to be exact, and not the equentiy - nientioned. In otal extra cost, the Hydro ade full allowance. for old cthe. colored strings for s _ paid extra, which were ointed out that this annual ild only be reduced as Pub- nission debenture indebted- K.i were held up, -no -citizen ,ho deserved relief, and no- ým the .civic teasury, to fîn- rhtsq. It was purely a Whit- y Commission undertaking, ail are agreed bas been of it to the town. Furtiier, being charged to g Rpread al ever, the- town.- ato a Fine- Team cond time - n five years thie tby has become prominent on [ap of the. province. The. win- 'lI.A. Interniediate "B" silver ýy A.A.A.'4 is no sniall achieve- ongrattlationqs and plenty of rder. and in these tiie Gazette ,e always a xtrong supporter and o! dlean amateur %porýt, is 1. 'Members of the team have :n Io themselves as clean effi- rien, and to the Town viose ee prominently displayed on ýort Pages In recent days. The eted honor. and there should )resentation and sorne suitable )f the teani': goodwork .by civic rial Expenditures the lUpgrade on ens' Research Institute -bas- rig ini an analysis of the rev-i iprovince, the bulk of. whîch axpayers.- and in a report just ;omne explaining as te hey they i. IR thiq it lasqhowrl, and it Il he soniewhat of a surprise ment-s fnr salaries and. wages, the waiges paid for hig9hway% ited to the large sum cof $13.- the fiscal year endîig March nd thait thss $2,156,576 more d for the samne purpose in 1936. ýr, wage and personal services ncluding sessional -iùdemnities utions te teachers' and inspe- innuation funds. amounted Vo in 1939, compared wîth $12,- 93.Grants Vo schools, hospi- amsociations. etc., show suh- reases over the 1930- figures. t f or mothers' allowances in learly four tîmies the. payments his, it should be -pointed eut. is Vto an amendment Vo he-Act, gible a mot her with one chuld en years instead o! tvo as v*as le case and alsu te a broaden- apphicatiQin of the Act in other Pensions in--1939 vers more the amount paid In 193.3, This ,d in part hy the -fa-et that in. 'rovince as;sumned the paynîents burna by the. mutulcipalitîis EDITORIALT POINT 0F VIEWY4 E D ' 0 A o UU u u- , < - other than administration costs of the local Boards. Uner4ployed relief paynents on the ()ther 4à d were mauch amaller in 193 9 than in 1936.- SInterest paynients on the provincial debt, exclusiive of hydro and contra interests re- ceived f rom such undërtakingsaeasthe. T. & N.O. Railway , Agricultural Development B3oard, Municipal Housing Loans, etc., but including interest on debta contracte d for highway purposes, amounted -to $19,091,- 021, in 1939. This la more;than double the» corresponding amount in 1930. Total debt service, including the amounts set aside for debt'retirement, amounted to $20,329e021 in 1939. Other interestiîig compariois are not detailed owing, to lack of space, but those alreadyi made indicate that yearly the. province is collecting and, spending more money, and that the bulk oý'f it is for pub,-~ lic services demanded by the people, show-, ing an improvement on industrial condi- tions which may continue on account ofthe war. Bevege Room Houra in Whitby and Oshawa In connection with Town Council's refusai to- extend the evening hours for sale o! beverages in ihotels, it,.is perbaps well to recaîl a factor in connection with it which was not mentioned in Council's discussion. Two years ago this samne question was de- bafed by the Council, when it was repre- sented by local hôtel proprietors that Oshawa hotels were likely to remain open until twelve o'clock, and argued that they were entitled Vo the saine privilege. Osh- awa Council at that tilme, it was stated, favored the eleven o'clock closing, and was anxious that Whitby hotels conform to the_ same heur. On tihis point an agreement was reached by both Councils and eleven o'ceock was set as closing heur in Whitby hotels. It was noV long, however, before ~the decision o! Oshawa Council w-as re- ,scinded and twelve o'clock set as the clos- ing hour for Motor City hotels., Not until afew weeks ago, howev did Whitby hoteikeepers -meve Vo seek. th sanie selling hbours as Oshawa, and wbule Whtby Council af r er YM fair consideration bas decreed thit thé present hours o! aelling muet re- ffî'it is only fair Vo recali that the. issue would neyer have been raised here had not the extra hour been granted the. Osh- awa beverage roomns. It was 'this angle of the situation which interested Whitby business men, ne doubt. Wiby's Chance for Exrpan,#gon wîth the owners of the incoming Indus- tries." Mr. Ritchie's suggestionsi are worth' the conaideratioii of the Council anid Chama- ber of Commerce. A Tribute to Britian 's Queen A reader of the Gazette and Chronicie has beeii kind enough to, send us thus very fine tribute to Britain's Queen from the edltorîal columns of the Christian Science Mfonitor, a well known international dally' riewepaper long notad for ita frl.ndly at- titude towards Canada and the Britishi Em- pire. It la with pride and pleasure that w. reproduce- it. "There la no time when thie mort grac- loua aspects of public life are so rare and so needed as in war, and in this respect Great Britain la fortunate in the possession o! one Incalculable asset-the Queen. -Cab- inet Ministera or military chiefs mVy b.1 impressive, but it la aeldom that' ERIéýy charm or- win affection. The. people have before them many examples of the sterner virtues, but few .which appeal by - their simplicity and ingenuous charm. But Qucen Elizabeth has gone about ber duties in war as in peace, a shining example of effective 'but unobtrusive devotion - induistrious, cheerful, sensible, -encouraging.- Naturally HerMajesty bas interested her 'self in al sorts of wartime activities. She has broad ca.t with touching effectiveness to the wo- men of Britain, and her sp$IUg face showni in the news-r eels bas caused pleasure such as the most beautiful actreas could not in- spire. So closely bas the Queen identified herself with wbat is simpleat, most natural, 9,nd best in the life o! Britain that her per- sonality, known abroad as well as in Brit- ain, bas been a belpful Influence in ber' country's favor. Canadian soldiers bave declared that they enlisted the. more wili- ingly because tb'eyý thought their Queen wanted them. In the United Stateq, ah. ba& won frienda for ber country wb o think the more warmly of Britain because they thought warmly of ber. And perliaps it may b. held for a vîrtue o! Great Britaîn that it bas such a Queen. la it not both to her credit and to, Britain's that her vir- tues and ber charmas aret ose o! her im'. The. Country Doctor Stili- 1V is reperted that hundreds o! high-class industries in Europe are re-establishing their plantz in Canada, with their owners, capital, equipment. management, and eper- ating'staffs. Whitby bas not, apparently, taken any action in this extraordinary op- T portunity for expansion. . i The Gazette and Chronicie had an inter- view with Mr. Ryerson Ritchie, wbo *vas officially identified with Viie astonishing growth o! Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco and Boston in the. la-t three decades. He was-emphatic in asserting that Whitby should immediately erganize as an econemie, advant-ageous lo- cation for the European plants. "This sudden industrial expansion in the Dominion is another way e! sharing Vthe British defense o! the historic nations of Europe. Tii. local benefits will come maln- ]y te enterprising towns and cities in On- tario and other provinces. Whitby la- ex- ceptionally weII placed, but it shoulId have a voluntary. Town Plan Club o! men %,hose m-oti 'ves woiqld be solely, WNhitby's expaný- sion. Canada Îs to eb.tii. fiee-expert chan- nel for British airplanes, ammunitio, equipment,, the movement and supply o! foods, etc. The ascendancy o! Dorninion Commerce - vili follow -through and a!ter Vhe var, and is certain to take a new, iiigh- er -position among the greater nations of Viie world. Whitby's proximity te Toronto -should stimulate the spirit o! co-operation. "tii. source o! informat 1ion -and o! contact witii thie ieadi o! incoming industries is, probabiy, -tii Department of Immigration at Ottawa." - "Wbitby should seek te locate new in- dustries in the town and it ihould previde suitable sites for eaoh establishment, which are often of good architecture, set in a. garden-hike area, as in- England and. tand. latterly in the United States." Answering the question o! how Whitby should preceed Mr. Ritchiesaid, "It ahould adopt the American methed of having on. Idirecting board (such as the 'Town Plan Club') compesed e! men fitted for research and judiciai opinionist who wiII seck contact A medical doctor's lot in a rural com- munity la not an'easy one at any time, particulariy.in the winter when roads are -piled high with snow and they are cali.d upon te make some hazardous trips te aile- viate human suffering.- Cars h Iave te be abandoned and at times herses are unabie te navigate the -reds, s o the doctor ha& to walk. From the. D\ndaik Eerald- lasi4 week cernes this illustra.tion in point: "Starting about midnight on Saiïurday and continuing tili 1 a.m. on Monday, Dr. T. P. Carter o! this place drove 90 miles by cutter on tiiree separate trips, with Vhe roads in a deplorabie condition. These trips were ail made witb the same team of horses, owned by Gea. E. Duncan, local auctioneer, who resides 2 miles north-west of town. In addition te these three trips, Dr. Carter made another profesional cal te the country, taking bis' own car as far as thie Corbetton sideroad and being met there by a farmer' with a cutter, wbo took hum two miles f urtiier inte Viie country and back Vo Corbetton again. During that period o! twenty-feur hours the. Doctor oniy gotoe and a bai! houri' sleep, and alter Istudying hua itinerary on. weuld -' wnder wbere he goV tinie for even- that. Se bats of! Vo Vhs country doctor. He la a servant o! the. people viiose work is net often recognized except whena Dr. Dafoe IO! Quintupieta fame appears on the sce. In %act, a tribut. 18 due Vo all members oe Vh4 medical profession viiose firatthVoiigbt ïs service, oftim es f urnisiing very little by Iway o!, menetary returns. For Trouble-aner Found It About a montfl ago a motor car ian inw the aide o! a railvay train at a level cross- ing., Tvo occupants o! the. car ver. killed; the. other two were injured but net baffly enougii Vo prevent therni rom giving evi- dence at the. inquest. Itw was easy enough te establish the. facts. The report ,;Peaks o! it as having been a drinkinig party in which ail four, inciuding. the driver, participated. Tiie evidence es- tablished that tiiere- was an opened bott.le o! whiskey in- hs car and that the. driver vas drunk.. Thi. jury gave a verdict mc- cordingly. The occupants of the. car were no& wild "1good time." They were men of 30, 33, 45 and 50;-,ail old enough to know what they were doing. The y were old enough to know that it is against the law to have a bottie of whlskey opened, in a car or to, be drink- ing mn-a car; they were old enough to know that it is ugnlawful for the driver of *a car to, partake. of liquor when driving; thev were, presumably, intelligent enough Vto have seen reports in newspapers.. dozens of times, telllng of what happened to otiiers who trled to mlx drinking and drlving. But evldently this drunken orgy was their idea of having a gooêd time. It was glaringly évident that they had dellberately gone looklng for trouble. And, they got what. they, went after--Owen Sound Sun-T .imes. Wlaat Would "Conf(ucius .SaY? I)o.a anyone f..) sorry for the Chinese sage who la now being widey mistrae through putt ing into hua mouth rnany wordis and sentiments-that hoe neyer utter- ed?7 If somnebody wearing a Chinese scholar-costurne of twenty-five centuries ago could reappear and allege that he has been crueliy mlsquoted that. wouid be Con- fue.ius. "éEast, la east and west is west,"' wrote Rudyard Kipling, "and never' the twain &hall meet." But h. did flot stop there. And we need only compare the Chinese- sayings with those of Benjamin Frank- lin's Poor Richard to realize the. kinshîp of ail wlse men. "In style," Confucius averred, "ail that is required ln that It convey the meaning." Now the regrettable feature of the current fad la the inanity in most of -the parodies. However, Confucius might concur in some - Smeasure wlth the modern vogue.- "Better b. remembered by ail," he mnight say, "t han forgottn by ail but scholars." Jacdge De fendt Youth, Censures Pare nts Polntlng an accuslng fînger at "oldsters" in fixlig the r.aponsibility for juvenile de-L linquemiy, .ludge Ernest L. Reeker, of Madison, Nebraska, champions "young-j aters" In a. recent mazagine. article and sug- gesti that in a majorlty of cases a. warrant should 'b. iasued for parents who would place% unqualified blâme on their children à when they get into trouble. «Wiien people ask_ me, 'Judge, what's wrong with tue young people o! today?' niy anaver la always tbe same: 'There's notb- iig wrong with tiie young folks - the trouble là with their eiders'," he asserts. For 15 yeara be bas been a juvenile judge and bas handled 1,560 cases. "In my treat-,t ment of juvenile delinquents, I bave fouiWd that nine times out cf ten a warrant should b. issued for the parents, o! the chuld, charglng tbem with contributing Vo tht de- linquency of a minor, instead of permitting tiiem to throw ail the. blâme on their off-' He decllares that h. is "sick and tired of having 'holier-than-thou' proeecuting attor- neya. rough-and-ready police officers, and bair-splitting judges continue to produce -criminala by sendlng youngsters Vo insti- tutions througii a lack o! understanding. 0f the. 1,560 boys and girls with whom Judge Reeker bas deait, only 50 have been sient to correctional institutions; e! theseî oniy six contlnued in a 11f e o! crime. H. bas littie »se for reform schools since be discovered'tiiat officiais of one o! them took1 moriÉ Interet In a prize da ry herd and bu han In tiie youtiis committed Vo their cujtody. "The. bull had better, quarters ai d better care and its diet Was more closely. watcbed than wer. those o!f the 300 boys in the institution," be charges. Parental neeect accou nts for its share o! youthful crlminals, but "society ithself has a pretty rotten record," Judge Reeker décla.res. He concludes by saying hev'd 11k. Vo issue a bencb warrant for every citi- zen, and sentence each -to "leave nothlng undone that, a'people might do to make certain -that the. chidren o! today' do not pepulate the prisons o! tomorrew." Editorial otes I With the hockey auS'on o ver, can gard- eriing b. far behind. Bicycles and roller skates on the side- walks are giving the citizens the usual anx- loua time. Bffis for relid totalIng over "00X were pased by Council lat week. Spring should oeruanuly brizig about a roduction. [GRAY COACH LINESI tviint thet, consiaereu il y od t - Looked