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Staiest, t;rings
ity res give cOrefort
and happiness to.
' lOved,ones.
Saving Department
the Bank of Montreal
ers youi4 friendly services
to help you „attain your am-
bition for those_who are'dear
to yoti.
StIIiei8i7
-otal e.es—ets in excess of $960,000,000
Lucknow Branch
MacPherson, Manager
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;Rai** MEETING
• ;. ;eating,' dealing With . weeds,
ed.•ssiMI.,fertiliisers, will be held in the
arish Hall, --Dungannon, the after-
�f
A ,
• 6th, at 2.00 P.M.
&weed trtinacn is one of the most
Weis.. facing the fernier
a . The Weed .Actnow in effect
in the ProSince..Wat Made necessary
ilitetethe, ineiensing number .of weeds
and the Widespread lciss they Were
canting; Threogh, these. meetings we
•' hOPe t� inake-everYone familiar' With
h lieiree• d • •
• c, o .the act an to point
out the necessity Of united action on
the part of every farmer. This goes.
• hand in hand ..with better geed grain
:and • modern. seed cieining practices;
The.subject of toMnfercial ..fertilizers
'conceiveahneet everyfatznert • : but
there silo-, inanfPointasin selection of
fertilizers which are not well under-
•' steed, 'Me* high analysis, high • pric-
ed not return anY
greater ptilit than one of the lower
price. We must. know vihat'a fertiliz
• er centalito; What each crop needs, the
nature of the fertilizer requirements'
for different aoiI types. These with ,
.other ;fedora. itie essential before .we
eaU be sure that the right kind. of
fertilizer is• being sown. ,
Three subjects weeds, Seed and fess.
Ulises* Will be diaaussed in detail and
‘. will be under 'the direction Of the
• Ohtatio Dept. of Agriculture, Clinton
' REA* by Mr., -C. E. Toole of New -
Minket. keep this meeting in mind
and plan to attend.
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THEY THREW RED. PEPPER
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Four boys from the village Of Nile
who have, or had, rather warped idetts
cif fun,. were before Magistrate Reid
at DoAd-Hen Wit *eel, Wilt gut filf
prettyetity'Irt view of their siessolce:
They attended a dance it the vil-
lage and planned to have some fun
. by throwing red pepper .-tYf7 which
they had a supply)onthe stove. EV•
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•-identlY they WAS rtmert'rint to do
this, but not Waking to %vette the red
'Portosr they threw. Some- of it in. 'the
Nies Of ghetto as they were starting
:f6t, bottle. .
The megistrate peinted out the
serious nature of their °Nate arid
giving • them a trerttinijet them go
on suspended sentence on payfng enets
sa the -y.4141 have much ftzIi Attar
011i. ' • *s. •
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THE OLD -HOME PAPER ;•
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(By EDGAR A. GUEST).
I's It's like a smiling, friendly face •
It's like a voice you long . have
- known; -
You see it in some distant place
And pith .to claim it for your own.
:The paper from your old home toWn
Has bridged the long and dreary
And with it you can settle down
Among familiar' tears asd
It speaks from every friend you know
It tells .of scenes you yearn to ,see;
• It brings back jOys of long agb
•—You fancy You're at home once
more
And 'golden seem the letters black.
And , aa you. run its columns. o'er
Your yesteryears ,ceine . trooping
/seek •
Its, Speech is one you Understand;
• It tells of griefs tbatilyou can Share
brings you, hi that foreign land,
Glad messages to banish care. „
There, . among scepes . and :fecal;
' strange , • '
The old -home paper, seems to me
•A faithful friend that doesn't change
A friend that you s.re glad to see.
I know nnt just, what Heaven is like,
Nor :just what joys beyond ; life'se
tide . • •
Await for men when death shelt
strike
And I shall reach the other side..
Ent this 1 know, when f ani gone
To dwell in. realms divinely fair;
My. soul yeArn to look. upon
The old-hoine paner.. over there..
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MAKES THE THE LANTERN SAFE'
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POP1.1,I4R. TOM BR : • ;
;op STRATFORD
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PriRig AO. qa0,114'4..Aid # •
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(By c,....s..,01,,ipliffe, In The Mair and
. • . .. Empire) ., •
When tinnorr,Ow cquiest , Alderman'.
Tom Breive 'Will be- exsaiderman, ots
ficiallY expelled •froni the city ,eouncil:
of 1,v.i.licl. he was once 'mayoil, as"., a
.'eankrupt and a, fugitive froifT.Sstice.'
Bet he remains one • of thestriest pops
pier .men itOtrattord. ' . • •• • '''
• • The 'Special meeting of . %he Conseil.
railed . for Monday .night • t� declare
his seat vacant .is inapireit'spaitily by
legal necessity and the 'ohyiens leaps
preporateness :of . haring OM .theSiod.11
ter of the ‘eouncit a.!men, who stole''
yinore-than.' •$200,000„fion1. his clients'
and spent it ;in high living or slost it
sop the'eto*,rnanket trYihi •-its...he • a
sztillietra.ire, • ' .• •••s : .
. "i3iit'it'outci'haidly.-be said that the
:meeting ',i,g, beers Of..a Wave, •pi.Publie..
eentirnent, of vindietive bitterness; ..Or
Of alesite to •Ininitlate• :ordisgrace
further a .man-whe .has..huninatedaud
disgraced himeelf as thoroughly . as,
could be,,dene. With the, natural ex-
ception Of thsitee.Whorke he, :robbed and.
left destitute, 'Browns it "peer Tom”
,
to ..the Majority Of 'people in Stratford:
.Froirisalmest, eirery:asPect, the case
Of 'Toni ,Brown is antazing. and •ette.xs'
.0'i:cable. Yet.irmii• every side the ,cat-
ual visitor to Stratford is besieged
!itil 157; '1Anations, cendoning.cireuin-
•T
: stanci
es here is -ilia° :condemnation..
but it is liberally leavetier - with .pity,.
• pyinpathy, .citations Of ,circumstances
.-Whiehl'inuet have .driven• him" to, Mie.
Of the ;most ruthless -and; ,gigantie
frauds ever. perpetuated on e treating'
cilminunity. • . • • '
....1,n.'..ffrown's case, .,the community
was not. only trusting; but hdrairing
7
is welt Everybed.y 'liked Tom Brown,
'.respected him; trtiateci-litins:eVeri &tr.
ing the' past four or five yearetswheri
they Were pained and stir -prised to tee
• him plunge into a mode . of - fife.. , in
which reckless eireittar playett.'a large.
• To. scores, . he, was the enly- lOgssal
._
.persen. to • beentrusted ' with eosin*
prohlems,' with inireatinenie, with ;Val-
uebles and .,secerities. for safe keeps
ing.. Many • of hie ' clients .were . aged
,peofte., ;sextons . in 'straitened circuits.
ttanses 'doing Menial tasks, to 'make
a living; peOpleAePending on a. mea-
gre ineente. from bends for a' baretiv:.
•.ing, people Who relied onsifis father*
before 'him:-•..: ' •••
.• ,
These were the ones who suffered
at the hand i of Teets BroWn..-Thete
were the !met he left, in many oases,
without 'means of subsistence,. bewild-
ered. by the spdden, bloWs and cluMb-.
'founded, ',.as''tto hew or why . the man
:• had .done this to there. .•
Nct even his own family was spar-
ed, for as far as has been determin-
ed, lie started on his slide • to ruin, by
. mlatipPrOPriattni, mid losing- the
. ,
smell fortune left to. hiamother bs
his father and Over y"shi4 he was
irnstingly given power ,of attorney.
His mother, sitter ' and a wife ' are
left as d'estitute as the rest of the
"timid . : . ,*
Son . of "Honest., Jahn" '
That a trait 'could be toScold-blood-
'd, so impervious to the 'consequences
s of his defaleatiens. it .aniazing enough
`Mt is Well nigh inceniprehensible • to
those who knew • Tom- Brown. Up un-
, till five or. six Years' 'age ,he never
simeked or took a drinks41s. was A PilT
la.., of. the ChesOli's 2 .'interetor. in 'the
local ..Y.m.c..ip.,' a clean -living young,
man with an astetindihg gift of per -
eons.' therm that. eeptivated all sv no
knew him. . And he. was tne son of
"Hone4t John" Brown, which accounts
more than, 'anys othersingle fact for
the trsst repoSeil in him. .
If there is any Way: in which the,
downfall ' of th.e dynasty., of ',Brow
can be explhined it seems • to he that
Tom Vtrown • thing himself into ' a
mode of; life the exact opposite' At
that he had lived for.30' Year.s.° .
:'Alid as his life ihanged; so chang-
ed Tom Brown. • E.rom an exemUlary
eitizen; a straight -thinking, energetie
young business man, the idol . of all
classes 'of the tomniunitY, be beearne
a rounder ;Vittio.s.,es regularly' drunk
whose debhutheries•shecam.e more un-
Pestrein-ed• and more frequent as time
Went on, who giuMbled• reeklessly. in
the stock market Without ' prndenee
'set thought ofs_con.-Secolences. with hen-
ples.s ..teeney.' pliniging , desperately.
with •ittinost Insane optimism, in ...'an•
• Of Ort IO recoup and start makinghis
fortune, ' .
What Centeihnied l�. the eoilanse
of hit charatter and manner of liv-
in'i -isr cYnfrmetl. -eveii in the 'ffainth. Of
• these wbe knew 'him well, Even those
AO feet that he mina alwAYS l'Ove
had a , latent, germ of crhilillal 1.118.ati'
:WY ad'inft that .it Would have been un-
helievabt. te have it crop out In the
Tom :Beovie v.fict.'..neyer liranit . li'vho
,mer:spent .day*,.at a. titna..itt ots'gies•:
With *Omens .. • ,' ' '•, 4
. While, they hardly exPleist the col- h
14inie in its entiriq the mein .tfeetera n
. ! ,
A Western Ontario
mer -in
menting on the numb r of -,barn' fires
.caused .by lantern upsetting or ex-
ploding suggests A rameity.whieh
sounds practicable.. The base , of the
4anter s stutid vVitkrotton tatting
until completely filled, A small lietlow
-timr 3eith the .41116* ---
the 'wick to lie in, it. The tapterp le
then filled with .oli And the sitrpluS
fluid drained off. The wick will take.
the ,Oil- from the iiattirated„
ea needed and this Method umlnalit•-
ediy Tire:etudes any possibility of the
oil spilling ',and tInnite can be no
.04-epiteri.-Vhe-'met&Td-Would ex-
entnil the
mere- frequent filling .04 the 'lantern
wlth eil,, hut it might fielarerth
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THE IMMNOW SENTHIRIA T#0.004T,, 111.,RUA 20. tog..
• • .
•Seem to tkaarol)eep hie niAterial traith-
14.ari aveiKererine mania to make
tretnendbus gnus, iof money, a deep-
rheled OROdonee iz his uWii
'reel% aid the death of hie Leather:
p6r4resttining he had any inelinatt9ti
• .
to run wild; either socially or finen-
dilly, 'prier _to this lett e_venti the
presence and .supervisien of his father
seems to heite restrained him. ••
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Father Reck of Stratford
John Brown, the father, was one,
og the Most dominating personalities
in Stratford. He built- up a large
fortune dollar by della'', acquiring in
the process. the pubounder admire -
tion and reseed of his felloW-citizenn
"Thieent John'," .they called him,
bemiring him „for his cheracter, his
honesty. and Inc bUsineitaabilities
The- worSt that was ever Seid against
him was that be sometimes charged
.rather ' Stiff fees. Betl'e itiveaYA ad-
hered riiridly , thes lays And the
Isreath of suspicion never`tenchedhlM
; Hisssteisinedi , was .' Characterized
With
an infinite] Variety, NS; exectsted'
wills, sold inserstnee, was agent ,. for
• telegraph arid express companies, did.
ConVeYaneing; arranged loans • auff
Mortgages and other firsineistg, was.
in real ,estate. 'both as a bicker and
?operator, almost enythitig to turn an-
other dollar into the Brawn Cotters.
• When anyone In l'the Stratford dia..
triet had business to do of Any kind,
they took it to. lobe 'Brown..
Honors. were"' poured oti hiin.
was mayor on numerous orosiens
and was elected fo_ parliament: for a
term, "
Beecinies Bawyer
• When ',his son Tem grew UPs
• est Jahn" .sent him to the University
9f Toronto to learn ;the apparen-
• tly with the idea that with a trained
lawyer the house of Brown .c90141 ‘gas
ther in more bust -nese. So off. to Mils
verstty 'went Tom, the pampered idol
.of his . famity,..and of the • townfolli,
well supplied With ,.spending money
and 'confidence. It was while at uni-
versity that he met his future wife.
For 10 -or 12 years, he was the gen-
ial, sinning, sunnYAispOsitioner
Brwn thatreVerYbody krises, ever
ready to be sociable or help semeone
or perform a Service to his town. He
added to his reputation as..the model
citizen, and his six-foot, .strapping
figure was seen everywhere in the
centre of corninuUal.or social activi-
ties. • His relations With his mother
and sister were df the happiest, and
one of the memories that remain it*
himnow in his attendance With his
sister at. hockey games, where both
YsOuld laugh_ and joke and Munch
peanuts. ,
He Was an enthun'astie Sport fan;
• and Indulged in handball and basket -
bail at the M.C.A. He continued
his interest in church Mattert, he -
'aiming president of the Knox Church
Missionary Society. At ,an early age,
he rode triumphantly into eivic• affairs
and Was Troyer of $tratford repeat-
edly, as, his father • had been before
His ability to Win votes continued
up to the 'last, despite his long , *ab-
sences front, the city. Last -December
on the verge g dieaster, he was el-
ected alderman at the head of the
poll. :
• .As chairmen of the hospital beard
police commission and 'various other
municipal bodies, be was known • as
a shrewd anifeflictent administrator.
• Starts .Drinking. Speculating
It is difficult to learn now when
he started' drinking and playing the
market, hitt the prevailing opinSon, is
that the two started .Almost simul-
taneously six or eight years ago. Such
habits .did.not• gain Much 'headway
while his father was alive, but the
death of "his father five yesre • ago
seemed to lend him boldness. Origin-
ally, those who knew him best, believe
his entry* into the market arose from
a consuming ambition le make money
to he a millionaire, powerful, wealthy
Some say it amounted almost ..to a
mania,. the money-inaking proclivity
of his father magnified TrAny times
• ovAer;
•
Wore •on, the millionaire
delusion • was heightened by the cost
of living at the increasingly fast, rate
he was going, He needed more an
more money to pay for It .elaborete,
parties in Toronto„
The reeklessness spread to the UP
of sacuritiee and cash entrusted to
him by clients, to- flotatiritf
tious eompanies and phony reel es-
tate degas And even to tor,gem.
k
-ititee r - D• •
, a i • .v -ti
• The total' of hie abstractions
mounted up end me with increasing
rephlitduriter the past, three oe
Dour yeara. and priftiettlerirfellowiref:
the market 'crash last f ver' At -
Per •that, he apparently ,deltnied ht.
lett $th,iLeady optimiSm that he
eventually recoup .and pay back
the embezzlements. In feet, even up
o the day he left Stratford, he plan -
nod to straighten •his -affairs. Ile left
or Termite on New Year's ;afternoon
oping to raise some money front
rivito Oourcoi. .
•
,Other indication of hia hopes
elude the 'Paid up ineUra/Te policies
in his desR amounting 404*(100, and
tile Unsigned will fened, aniolfg hie
• effects leaving $30,000 to his wife,
end large sums to his mother and
glister, Also in the will,it is reported
was It beoueet of $10,000--te-a Tj?ronto
woman. 'There were numerous. 0,tbsr
women;•
PAVED ROADSt,N THE IL
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•
The year 1929 was in many ways.
• the greatest monthof
twelve s , road.
_ „ .
building in the history of the United• "
States. This is trite net :only from the
stanelpeint: of the construction of lin-
proved highways; but Also from that
of making preparation for an expand-
el- prhgram 13i 030: • .: •
.• Preliminary figuret, eneted•by Theis.
Ps"..11enrYs oreeident of , the American
Alstemcibile Astoetation, indicate that,
.apPrOxlinately 55:090' mde .of highs.
WAY§ were ,sorfaeed on the federel.'
aid, state and local* sYstees- lad Year
brining the total surfaced mileage
up to 675,000' miles it the close of
the ye,sr. This e-eens'that sititend one-
fifth of the nation's total of A01.3,381
milesSof ell roads"has been teMporar-
ily or permanentlli Surfaced; ' •
In carryinj. out this *ast readsbuild-
• ing program m 1929. as Well as Main-
taining • existing highways. federal,
'Siete ;led Real agencies epent approk-
imately $1,800.000.000., Mr. -Henry re-:
ports, and have already launched Pro -
'grant for 'the siiniiring, year that Will
exceed -$2;06.000.000,. in ,reit. To this,
• must' be added around 1500,000.000 a.
Year spent by municipalities in build-
ing And , maintaining ...streets.. L'at
large as these ' prOgrent
Must not be Assumed that they in any
way measure up to the highWity needs
of the nation. ,
. Aside front important inter -state and
state, highways, there was also con-
siderable progrets Made 4, ring 1929
in the building of forest roads and
trails; asswell as reads in the nation-
al parks. There were 215.4 miles of
forest, high:Weirs of all releases built
ni the fiseal Year ended June 30, 1929.
Of this 'total 298.1 miles were in. the
western states and Alaska, and the
remaining 17.3 miles were in the for-
ests of two eastern states.. In the na-
tional narks; the yea,r's work brought
to comnletion the improvement of
100:7 'miles of nark roadwsss, increas-
ing thetotal pies. farlienyed to
213.4 miles. At the. c/ose of the fiscal
year constructien was in progress on
113 'miles; and surveys were unties
way on 209 miles more.
• VTP.ENCE Or .
STOc• i
MARNET LOSSES
,
' first conereses.eiridence of the ex-
tent to Whielt Canadians suffered thru
• the series of stock market panics of
Oetoher and ,November is furnishee
by the December statement of chart-
ered •banks which has just been hs -
sued.
Savings
denolits at the close of the
.year were $85,879,815 lower, than tl.ey
were one Year previousl•L':' Respon-
sibility for part Of the drop must be
attached to other causes". A partial
crop failure, coupled with the delay
in mprketing grain, undoubtedly made
it neeessary 'for MAny farmers to
Withdraw furids for dUrrent need.
Development of ntiereployment (141, sa
schle unknown since 1921, was a .face
ter, though not en impoesent one,he:
cense most of those whe found them-
selves without work .had no •banic ac-
counts to draw against.,
It' is esijMated that much more
than half of .the total redection- in.
deposits is directly traceable to stork
market losses. 'And this total is quite
in addition to :Ike-, hundreds of mW.
lions in paprfrprofits and in margins
which Canadians had lying in brok-
erage offites prior to the debacle. Do-
minion -wide developments alrecting
minink trading since the New Year
have notiininroved the general situa-
tion and the forecantis made that un-
less. living standards of many thous -
'ands, of people are readjusted there
will be a further. decline Le savings
depoSits during 100,
HAI) A PEW ,DRINKS
• (Toroato Telegram) • 1
A yoring man drove down to a
Place the other' night, where , they
'hod. a fwbi hba:andaconp1e.of
drinks.. Ile mention d it to a compan-
ion at luneh in eonpeetiert With re-
marks on the "severity" : of fines on
bite:ideated driveia,. lie wasn't going
the'to-taken -antnee:"-a--0,iin,4". *Rich -When-
eVeUttii Wag (Wet and he was go.
byg. .tott
them to send along another drivet
for his car,' • ;
• There will be seine Who deubt the
-first sgenheioa wisdom iflten:Mtg. in-
toxicants. ' There tan be bone Wit°
&At hie wisdom in refusing to drive
car' a-fter doing 'ain.
The re an, *to has"liad a few' dritilis
•
EAUCtENO7- SENTINEL
Published every 'ThursdaY 'morning
at Lucknew, Ontario. '
• A. D. MacKenzie. Pronrieteic
arid
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 20, 1930.
• _THAI' ,DONNg"Y CASE
The case of young Arther DonnellY
'Pon of Senator Donnelly, of. Pinker;
con) 'freed from, Walkerton jail after
serving ten days Of 5 tWeety-dey sen-
tence for driving an'eatomqbile while
deuriK hasiraised•ciiiita filrer, and
no auX of idvetse critzczsm
. , .
The caster to ee,pece young Donnelly
came from :tlid Departaierit Of justice
at Ottewa,.•and appear§ . have been
on:r.athe.r.,1nsy_ g.rdUnds. •
Nobody is going to beikeve that
:was no a• ease Of :favoritism. Tits
young manls 'father -is' sessithy and
a member , of, the CanIstian Senate,
and on Olt accounetegarded at Otta-
wa at being:entitled to more friendly
consideration than the ordinary fann-
er or shopkeeper. •
• Magistrate Walker who patted ipp-,
tepee on young Donnelly 'had heardthe,
evidence ;and knew What he was deing
Tetion ass to Donnelly's guilt. While in -
h, .annears thave been no guess
, o
• toxicated he had, aecording. to the ev-
idence, driven his car into. the Teets -
Witter. Park at the time 0. .he re -un-
ion last August, where there 'Wat,
crowd of 'Men, women and children,
and: narrowly averted hitting some. of
'theta. • • •
No sensible person say that
twenty 'days in. jail is toe much pun-
ishment, for such an offence! ThaMaii
who undertakes to drive a, car, tater.
taking liqucir, ought to be 'disqualified'
• for driving a car ler two years„ if. not
-permanently; and .it should niake no.
differenCe.,whether She .offender: is the
sen Of -a senator Or ' •
After being in Jail for A few days
'young Donnelly Was examined by e
physician as 16 the condition of hit
health. Whe Was' the examening phy-
sician—Dr. }Tall, M. P. for Seutit
Bruce—a politician. Why Dr; Hill,
politician? Dis Hall has to, look out
for•vetes, and must make A geod fel-
low of himself on every possible, oc-
casion. He should not have been ask-
ed to act in the matter, and' being
asked, be shoutd have retuned.
Nobody is going to -believe ' the-storyof '
truMipledh•eiiitluthpi.anadn,lit.etthee4 uptor;ieits mw.uheet
take. the consequences.
Where will this sort .os 'ling: end,
if it gets going? It will -mid in the
people losing faith in the cburts and
• the Department of Jiisticeithan_Whigh
nothing woriefcan hliFFeiiin a coun-
try-. It will 'Cod to 'conditions. such as
prevail in •Chicego (to 'take An out
.standing case) where the courts are
busy sending , lawbreakers to jail,
And the politicians are _busy getting
them out, so that the pity' is overrun
by Criminals, and everybody knows
thetthe law takes one course With the
rich and another with. the 'Peer. , •
Thanks to the good _seise of the..
people Of this country. an,' the news-
paper. editors 'there is nothing bilt
condemnation of the action of the De.'
partment oftJustice in this Donnelly.
case: • • •
!
!FARM TRACTORS FROM IRELAND
• Itis difficult to eteount for,- the
course- international trade vijL
take. It ie new announced that • Ford -
son fetm tractors ina'de in • Ireland
are to .be shipped. to Canada—in fact
are now being shipped. Here they will
have --after being taken 'crops the
Atlantic, end by rail, from the. coasl.
to Ontario—to einiipete hee•e-
°reduced tractors and others: brought
in -from the United States.
Evidently the Ford Co., knows the. t
this can be done er it wouldn't, enter
upon the undertaking. •
Why allow., these machines come
into the country?. ,we hear somebody
say. Why not let- the .hcena nianefae-
Weer eupply the demand, thus giving.
work to the idle and keeping the mon-
ey in the "country/ ' •
'Well Why ao canadan farmers. buy
hose "made in Treater "machines'"?
nd hoar can those trietdre' be trait: -
ht across the Ailantie and yet dem-
neti With 'trader( -made, at home. It
becanse theyare any isettei, be-
ethse-ona tradtpriaalhratAi goirdana
a:nether. •
teat*' 7fMedu-etfOn-,13Ok: iess, -
'aver ‘iri Ireland, jut as production 'of.
wheats less hi "eanade than it
es in Britain or Irelied. That's .whir.
imaillati 'Mien .•gees Over there. the'
onle of Britain and .trelancl are
ad to have riOnadian what go into
e ;66untry duty free, and the Can -
inn farmers would' haglad to Il'avaa
0.4ors dome into the country free,
en** they Oeuld, then Wily • them
bete they 414) made st loweat.cot
ne
th
id
must he separated frere his eat. Stift '1'
fines will reduce the number who are
willing to take 0 oheneei
WA14T, AAP'
r,
commenting .upon -ne whiOho
receatly. *appeared . in.. The , Sentinel
Potting forth the fact that Prue, res-
idents of German extraction Were Alt
aPPIYing' for .old -age • nenolone, the
*Wynn Expositoe, Corieluded with this
paragraph: • • •
"In proportien to population.
•
we believe that census would
disclose a smeller number Of
plications from from people of German .
descent for old _age, pensions,
than from any . other . haticmality.
• They do, net need them,"
And in hat may erepur govern-
. ,
ments .going to rewaed those- indust-
rious and thrifty, peenie. They Rre •
foreine. *them to pay: into a fund for,
•
. ,
the eneonragement spend,ason,
go -H. to eneonrage lazipess,.
nd waste! :They are ta5riegg them..- to
Plinnort theles...•werthy, *descendents '
of. 'ether .mationahties. • ,
•
. It is ell very well to gro*.septlinesi,-,
taj, •
about the old Whoar'e...In need': but
the true ' reason of their condittnii
shonld'not be 164 sight Of. Everybody
knows that there are the deserving
poor—those whoee conditlion is due ,to .
misfortnne, hit the i•niinber is not
great. Few indsistriouo 'arid honest •
Men Come to' want., .
• L • •
'Hg llifEANEST `R0/3BERS
Chicago (now se often mentioned in
newseaPers) Appears te have the.,
meanest robbers as Well as the most.'
Tr� story is, told that recently twins
w re born in, a home ot thatiistres-
.
sed city, and. as the little ones laY in
he cradle, four "men"- . drove up to
the door: in an autOnuAile, 'Three ens ,
,terecl the house" and With, the glint
levelled on the infants, threatened to
blow •thern to ,pieces if ;the parent.
didn'i• hand over .the .cash in the •
'fieuse, The father dug' up $800, and'
the robbers took it And left.
The story, if. true,' Suggests ,inside.
information: Serne,neighbor of „fellow
workman evidently knew: that the vic- •
tim had the .meney ;.ts well as • the
'taiiris; and passed the information on
-to ,eritninal assoeihreS.: .. • •
•
WATT MASON ON'
AUTOMOBILE' DRIVING
• • .Ninety-nine are daily driving their
old busses, every day, Always planning •
always ,striving, all •the statues tA
Obey; they will halt at intersections
as the stop signal' indicate, and Aecept
the- cop's correctiond-- without, trying
t� orate. One goes scorching here and
`yonder, whooping lip and _clown the
line, and he doesn't pause to ponder
over any -warning sign., And the plod-
ding footsore' voters, looking it thi• s.
fellow; svail; "All theseneople driving
motort'shottld be rounded up ih jail."
Ninety-nine go sanely jogging on the
• asphalt or the bricks, and the midway
they're not hogging; arid they , try no "
fancy tricks. They': are. 'anxious. *that
the others should be 'Nappy, should he
gay, for they all are men end brothers
all ph:Mid:have the right way.iiNinetv-
,
nine are kindly mbit,als, they salute
us as they pass; they are shedding
smile's, and chortles as they step' Upon •
the gas. One is reckless and' unheed-
ing as he swings along Ids path, he
is dodging; he is speeding, he is caus-:
in forty kinds of wrate. And the 7
people. by „the grottoes, in the dingle
and the glen. say "These' people dritiv.e•
ing atitOo should. be herded in the, pen"
IMPORTS AND EMPLOYMENT.
• We, have received from R. 4. Deachs
man of Ottawa, a little booklet • en-
titled, "The tale of the Missing 5."
, This is not a ilste,ctive stork—it
deals with the reietiotiship of imports
to unemployMent. It explains and
defends' the contention that imports
do not cause unemployment for the
simple teason that ininottes
:for by exports, and increased iMporta,
akin!), •inean inereased employment.
' Whatever difference of opinion.
there may be on the question there
-is no eleape front the fart that
eerie in 1929 were iinuah higher thna
in 1922 and employment was at the
highest level. ever reached, In 1920.
We are not going to argue the ques-
tion—Mr..Deaehman win send a conv
free to any person who asks, for it.
The address Deachman, Box ,
844-,--Ott3wa.
--sob
LO NO T. RESIDENT pr.,
IVINGRAiit •
• Is,. S. J Smith, for. 50. Years tt,-
• :*+9iititift Vlrinegisam: died. at 'lief
home there on 'Feh. 6th, at the age-
ot 8.4. She was a native. of Cornwell
England; and, caMe, to• Canada.
bride 10 10 .1899, and She- and her hug::
Nand ettme to • Winghtini 5,9 Yegrra
ige. ger 'husband, •Selw' in 3. Smith!,
lied a miteher of yearn $10,1, Mr. n;
STnith, pirtintgUrnf the Cinadi.lp
Bank of co m ieere'e ; ••• •
ton; and 4 derfelfee, Mrs. 1. C. tog'
1011 4V011 At l'OtOntO•