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The people of Ontario in common with their fellow citizens of Canada, whether they live in the Maritimes, Quebec, the prairie provinces or beyond the rockies be-lieve with Prime Minister King that Canadian unity is' something not to be lightly sacrificed. Surely in the face of existing world conditions, and in the face of the plight of many of our people, leaders should be big enough toJ sink personal ambitions or feuds, and work whole-heartedly and with a united purpose for the solution‘of our common problems. Canadian unity must be preserved and it can- not be preserved if provincialism takes precedence over Canadianism. The people of Canada will see that national unity is preserved even if some provincial leaders have to be dropped in the process. ' It is quite apparent to any observer that Mr. King has done everything possible in an endeavour to promote co-operation among the provinces. He never has assumed to interfere at all in provincial affairs but unfortunately the same cannot be said of Mr. Hepburn as it relates to Federal affairs. He even invades the field of municipal politics, as he did recently in Windsor where he was admin- istered a timely rebuff. It is most unfortunate that the premier of a great province like Ontario should assume such a provincial attitude, and we sincerely hope that none of the work projects planned to give aid to Ontario’s unemployed suffer because of his attitude towards the Dominion gov- ernment. ' Christmas Cheer work, we think :"pecially of the children. What can touch the heart more than the thought of the possibility of some child having a sad Christmas? December the 25th is the Day of the Child. It is upon this day of days that countless men and women utter the great rejoicing: For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given! to us. In endoi‘singrall wdrthy enterprises that are being conducted at this season of the year t9 rajsg fupdg for 7 It is the day when even the most unsentimental adult, long since congealed and hardened by the years, can hear in his heart the footsteps of the 1i_ttle_ones. A_ ‘ ' In his wild dreams of some smart political coupe which Would place himself as Prime Minister of Canada, or at least place the principals of the Hepburn-Duplessis axis as the powers behind the throne, Mr. Hepburn is overâ€" looking the fact that he still has to reckon with the sane judgment of the people of Canada. A group of cabinet ministers who enjoy their positions or a following in the legislature afraid to speak lest they lose government favor, may place the rubber stamp of approval on his ac- tions, but back of these there are the people who still have the right in this country to exercise their franchise. Confederation was too dearly bought to be lightly sacrificed. The Fathers of Confederation and the pioneers who blazéd the trail for a greater Canada had to overlook sectional differences in the vision of a great united Can- ada stretching from Atlantic to Pacific, It ill becomes responsible leaders to-day to talk and act in a manner which might undo the heritage which has been given Even those who hold creeds in which there is no Christmas, feel the splendor of that cry, and those Who have no formal creed at all, still know there is one of the 365 portions of the year which is essentially the Day of the Child. On this day even the professional skeptic becomes as a child himself, and considers it hard indeed if he canâ€" not believe in Santa Claus, bearded fairy god-father of the children. Let us all do our part this year to make sure. that no little child is disappointed Christmas morning. May' there be joy and laughter in every home in this district and no signs of tears when little ones with anxious and expectant hearts rush to see What Santa left. Municipal elections in the immediate future should occupy the serious thought of all taxpayers. Municipal councils spend the taxes paid by the ratepayers, therefore every ratepayer should be actively interested in municipal affairs. Nomination day will be Monday, December 26th and there should be a large attendance of citizens at these imnortant meeting-s. Christmas is called the most beautiful holiday of the year, one that glows with poetic imagination and lovely sentiment. And yet it has its incongruities and contra? dictions, and it needs some remaking, if it is to be reason- able and helpful to us all. a power in Dominion politics he has teamed up with Duâ€" plessis whose administration has to its discredit many acts which savor of dictator states. The people of the democratic countries of the world are too much awake to the dangers of dictatorships whether they revolve around the Rome-Berlin axis or the Hepburn-Duplessis axis to be hoodwinked no matter how many red herrings are drawn across the trail. The most undesirable feature of it has always the grand rush to buy gifts and send them off during about 10 days previous to the holiday. People for years have been shown how unbusinesslike it is, how it makes the cost of distributing Christmas gifts higher, how it imposes a heavy burden on store, people and post office employees, how many of these folks are all tired out when the grand scrimmage ends. ’ And yet people continue in this ancient habit, and no doubt we shall see this year the same old rush. But the agitation for early buying of gifts, has accomplished something, and a good many people do so as far as they can. ‘ The reason commonly given for this final rush ié that people haven’t the money ahead, and they have to wait until just before the holiday before they are able to buy the things they want. Still, there are plenty of peo- ple for whom that excuse does not apply. The electors are not particularly concerned over any private feud which Premier Hepburn may have with Prime Minister King but they are rightfully concerned over the threat of a Hepburn-Duplessis axis which quite apparently is determined to dictate the policy of the Canâ€" adian government to suit the wishes of these two leaders in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Mr. Hepburn has to his credit a splendid record of administration in Ontario but it is most unfortunate that in his ambition to become Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. 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Inasmuch, how- ever, as the very latest in plant and equipment has been installed, the call for lab-our has been relatively limited. Although the industrial out- put increased by 50 per cent from 1927 to 1936 (in spite of the world depression), the number of persons employed in industry is therefore actually small. Of Roumania’s tw‘en- ty million inhabitants, at least four- fifths remain rural and agricultural. In spite of all the new textile, chem- ical, and metallurgical plants, with flawless products ranging from serâ€" viettes to aeroplane engines, the great bulk of the population is still to be found in the open country, where their seemingly rndless fields of maize stretch northward for h-un- dreds of kilometers through Moldavia and Bukovina to the Polish frontier, I have seen very little wheat here', but an infinity of corn, frequently interspersed, especially in Bukovina, with an abundance of hemp sewn be- tween th-e rows. Apparently the blood in the veins of the new order is petroleum. Yes- terday at Ploesti, I saw some of the country’s graat oil tanks and re- fineries, while to the northward, a- long the shelving foothills of the Carpathians, stretched phalanx af- ter phalanx of high wooden towers, the obelisk-like superstructures of the oilwells. Roumania,they'tell me here again and aga'n with Obvious pri-de, ranks fourth among the world’s producers of petroleum â€" inferior in quantity only to the Unit- ed States, Russia and Venezuela. In export trade, she actually exceeds Russia and is purveyor-in-chief to Central Europe and. the Balkans. Production increased eightfold from 1920 to 1936, and encouraged a phen- omenal increase in foreign invest- ment in this as in other Roumanian industries. To-aday more than 80 per cent of the capital in the Rou« ranian oil trade is foreign. lAppointments made with Mr. Glenn The affluence that the new indusâ€" ‘ trial order has brought to foreign capitalists and Roumanian promot- ers has not yet percolated very far down through the strata of society. Nowhere else in Europe have I seen such contrasts between absolute wealth and absolute poverty. There are few automobiles here, and such as there are are superb. Leaping out of their way, however, as they streets are often barefooted tatter- demalions whose rags scarcely hold together on their scrawny ‘bodies. Be- tween the plump wellâ€"to-do, whom we saw exulting in the mountain wonderland around Sinaia and the under-fed, half-clad waifs of a hunâ€" dred wayside villages, there is a great gulf fixed. Roumania is po- tentially one of the richest coun- tries in the world, and hen indus- trial development has been phenom- enal; but the rationalization of her social life and the realization of a greater measure of economic justice are tasks that cry out for solution. Bucharest, Roumania. â€" The capi- tal of Roumania has- impressed us with the rawness and the vitality of a frontier town, caught in a ris- ing tide of industrial expansion. Al- though We have heard much talk of Roumania’s far-off origin in the R0- man province of Dacia and though we are staying at an “Emperor Tra- jan Hotel”, we feel that we are closer to boom days In Oklahoma than to the venerabilities of ancient Rome. Cobbled streets are ripped up in all directions for gas and sewerage; new buildings are being busily erected in every quarter; and starkly modern edifices stand side by side with drab, dilapidated struc- tures from a bleak Balkan past. Even Calea Victoriei, the “Broad- way” of Bucharest, shows this dis- concerting blend of the rawly new and half completed with the disre- putably old. But there is every- where the sense of undeniable vital- ity. Wealth And Poverty In the New Roumania THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO GLENN’S DRUG STORE EVERY FRIDAY 2 to 5 RM. By Watson Kirkconnell EYES EXAMINED â€" AND â€"â€" GLASSES FITTED DR. P. P. SMYTH Woodbridge Council December Meeting The Woodbridge Village Council met according to adjournment in the town hall on Monday evening, De- cember 5th. Present were N. Geo. Wallace, reeve; Councillors John Watson, A. B. Cousins, John Dalziel and Arthur G. Banks. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted and the following ac- counts were laid before council: Woodbridge Hydro Electric Commis- sion, Nov. street lighting, $82.16; Les. Wallace, gravel and work, $22; B. G. Harris, 5 days at court, $20.00; Walker Cole, 5 days at court, $20.00; Wilfrid Scott, memorial wreath, $5; Goodyear Tire and Rubber COmpany, gaskets, $2.06; Dr. G. D. McLean, M.O.H., $21.50; Weston Board of Health, tuberculosis test, $3.10; Woodbridge Farmirs Company, ce- ment, $9.08; Mrs. A. B. Cousins, rent for fire hall, $2.00; Geo. Scott, salary, constable, sanitary and weed inspector, $35.00; N. G. Wallace, selecting jurors, $2; William Flemâ€" ing, selecting jurors, $2.00; Ed. W. Brown, selecting jurors, $2.00; Ed. W. Brown, clerk’s salary, $25.00; Thomas Harris, 38 hours, $11.40; Hooper & Howell, law costs re school by-law, $25.00. Waterworks Dept. Woodbrid‘ge Hydro Electric Com- mission, power and light, $51.71; Woodbridge Farmers Company, coal, $6.13; George Scott, salary, $25.00; Crane Ltd., 35c. Moved by John Dalziel, seconded by A. B. Cousins, that the Treasurer be authorized to pay the accounts as read. Carried. By-law No. 690 to provide pollin-g' places for holding elections. during the year 1939; to appoint a place for holding nominations, and to ap- point Deputy returning officers and P011 clerks was passed with the Or- ange Hall being the place selected‘ for holding nominations and the poll‘- ing places named as follows: Sub- Division No. 1, Town Hall, George W. Bagg, D.R.O. and’ William Ben- nett, Poll Clerk; Sub-Division No. 2, Orange Hall, Warren Whitmore, D. ,R.O., and Malcolm Wilson, PollI IClerk. The W. A. held their regular monthly meeting at the home of the president, Mrs. Snively last We-dnes- day. St. John’s A.Y.P.A. will hold their next meeting at the home of Mrs. Giles Kerswill on Monday, December 12th. Reports of conference will be given. ‘ Temperanceville school concert will be held in the United Church on Wednesday evening, December 2lst. St. John’s Sunday School will hold their Christmas Tree and Supper in the parish hall on Tues-day evening, December 20th. The regular monthly meeting of the Women‘s Institute will be held on Wednesday, December 14 at the home of Mrs. John Brown, Oak Ridges. The topic “Music” will be taken by Miss A. Mortson, and mus- ical numbers will be given by a num- ber of her pupils. There will be a sale of aprons, also a shower of gifts for needy children. The girls will hold their next meeting at the home of Jean Ume- hara on Saturday, December 17th. A basket will be packed for a needy family in the community. The second edition of the “C.G.I.T. Chatter" was read by Gertrude Henâ€" shaw. Musical numbers were given by Edna Folliott and Jean Umehal‘a. A social half hour was spent in play- ing games. A very successful Mother and Daughter Banquet was held last Sat- urday under the auspices of the C.G.I.T. at the home of Mrs. Leonard Harman. Miss Harriet Christie, sec. of the Girls’ Work Board, was the guest speaker and she gave a very fine address which will long be re- membered by those who were able to attend. ’ Moved by A. G. Banks, seconded by John Watson, that we do now ad- journ to meet in the Clerk’s Office on Thursday, December 15th at 7.30- pm. RAID SHACK. HOLD 2 FIND $1,700 IN LOOT Provincial police arrested two T0- 1‘onto youths and recovered stolen goods valued at $1,700 in a raid three miles north of King City last Friday, they said. The idea of giving Germany c01- onies seems absurd, but it sounds different when you say “giving back.” FEMPERAN CEV Don’t blame it all on tricky poli- ticians. If we haven't sense enough to scorn silly promises, we haven’t sense enough to govern ourselves. WOOWNQQMWWW‘ ECITIES SERVICE GARAGE Prepare for Winter Driving Phone 12 Boy Leaves Hospital Under His Own Power After Four Long Years Lad’s Parents Don’t Pay Cent For Expert Care and Treatment ‘ihve__fio§pifél for Sick Children, Toronto. He walked out, carrying his own handbag.” Eight-year-old Jim has gone back to the north country afite; fogruypars Four years earlier. when he was hardly more than a baby, his parents made the long journey down to To- ronto. bringing Jim with them. They appeared in the out-patients’ clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children and told the doctor that Jim had a sore back. Joseph Bower, Superintendent of the Hospital, listened alertly to the Last year, for instance, the highly skilled physicians and surgeons on the staff of the Hospital for Sick Children gave free of charge more than 40.000 hours of their valuable time. Put a value on itâ€"say $5.00 an hour, which is too littleâ€"and you have more than $200,000 worth of medical services given away in a single hospital. As they do with thousands of other patients every year, the doctors at the clinic gave the little boy a thor- ough examination. Some of the ablest physicians and surgeons in Toronto were there. They took X- rays, made blood tests and “sec- tions,” and found that Jim had a tubercular spine. They took him upstairs and put him to bed. while his father and mother stayed around for a few days and then went back up north. Privately, the doctors thought that Jim had scarcely a chance to get bet- ter. But they worked over him un- ceasingly, turned loose all the magic of modern medicinkâ€"for four long years, while the little boy ticked off his birthdays. Broken bones come in for setting. Babies who aren’t feeding properly, and older children whose teeth haven’t been attended to since they were born, are looked after. The biggest men on the hospital’s staff carry on their daily clinic in the morning, diagnose troubles. and give the delicate operations and care to those who are already in hospital. Well. it worked. Jim did get bet- ter, and he walked out of the hos- pital with a strong back set on two sturdy legs. He‘s up home again, in the bush country of Northern On- tario. And because to-day's hospitals are organized in an especially marvellous way, Jim’s parents didn't pay a single cent for the four years of ex- pert care and treatment. His muni- cipality paid the Hospital for Sick Children the Public Ward rate of $1.75 a day for every day the sick youngster was laid up and the On- tario Government paid the statutory rate of 60c. But it cost the hospital at least $1.00 a day more than the $2.35 The Hospital for Sick Chil- dren invested $1,400.00 of its own money in Jim's recovery. They do things like that every day in the week. The doctors who looked after Jim for four years donated their services. as they are continually doing for helpless young- sters who come to them with bad tonsils, poor eyes, weak chests, hereditary diseases and a hundred other ailments. Yerk Alfie Wreckers “IF IT’S FOR A CAR OR TRUCK WE HAVE IT” Free Radiator Flush given with each fill of Antifreeze PARENTS DIDN'T PAY CENT‘ MOST IN PUBLIC WARDS Tires from $1.00 up Glass installed while you wait â€" Reasonable CHANGE TO WINTER OIL NOW CARS AND TRUCKS WANTED Cars called for and delivered PRESTONE and ALCOHOL GENERAL REPAIRS “Tony Saves You Money” Branch, Aurora THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1938 E‘IFREE Modernism: Taxing the ful to get. money to feed successful; denouncing- the fu] for making the money. “There is no statutory provision Ifor establishing an out~patients’ de- partment in any hospital," said Mr. JBower. “But municipalities through- out the province have come to real- ize the importance of our out-paL tients department, since a very large proportion of the patients treated there would otherwise be occupying beds in the hospital. And that would result in a much increased financial load for the municipalities.” "Would it be news," he askedr "that out of the 434 beds in the Hos- pital for Sick Children. 414 are in public wards? We had 9,000 patients- last year, and less than five per cent. of these were private patients. question. “How about it. now; don't the doctors and hospital make some of this back from the private patients who can afford to pay?"’_ “We are a public hospital, and like every public hospital, we are re- quired by law to accept any patient who comes to our doors in need of treatment. We give them everything they need, and it‘s not unusual for the hospital to furnish from $300 to $400 worth of serum to a single pa- tient suffering from pneumonia. Whatever the cost to us, we get only our regular allowance of $2.35 a day' per patient." Your gift should be mailed to the Appeal Secretary. The Hospital for Sick Children, 67 College street, To- ronto. Over 38300000 is needed this year to meet the unavoidable deficit. Even small gifts are not only wel- comed and appreciated but are the Hospital‘s assurance from the people of Ontario that they should continue the great work of serving sick and crippled children without regard as to race. creed or financial circum- stance. It's pretty obvious. then, that the hospital has to make up its operato ing loss some other wayt This is the reason for-the regular annual appeal to humane and chariv table citizens for donations. Some serums are given free 0 the hospitals by the Provincial D art- ment of Health: the others, not on the free list. must be paid for. The out-patients' clinic was crowd- ed by 9:30 this morning. Waiting room and corridors were filled with parents and children from infants to adolescents. Several hundred come here every day, many from outside Toronto. Of all the hundreds of fathers and mothers who brought in their ailing youngsters. a few, who could, paid 50 cents. There might be bills 9 little higher for X-ray and other special work, but the majority paid less and many nothing at all. Look c105ely into the heart of the Hospital for Sick Children, and you’ll find not only kindness and superb skill but an organization that is almost unique in the world. It is a children’s hospital for everyone in Ontario. drawing its patients from every municipality even to the farth- est corners of the province. 100.000 VISITS A YEAR So there is one reason for the size- of the great daily clinic, which hunts out the ills of thousands of young- sters and results in upwards of 100.000 visits a year. The Hospital for Sick Children does not share in the funds collected by the Toronto Federation for Com- munity Service because patients are admitted from all over Ontario. For One Old Storage Battery Richmond Hill 6189 Yonge St. Newtonbrook success- the un- success