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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1906-4-5, Page 22 THURSDAY April b, 18(:6 W )DRRIt'H. ONTARIO. PUBLISHED EVE1tY THURSDAY ■r 'AN.tTTKR & ROBERTSON Telephone ('all No. 3.5. Terms of -Be— —bacrlotion 111.111 per annual in advance. Rix u)ontbs, d►• ; t h re month.. tic. . Subscriber. who fail to reeeire Tur SIC/NAL regularly by malt will Poorer a favor by ar. qcuj e� sin s u., of the fact at es early a date as When a change of althea. hi dr...inst. both the Old and the new addros.'hould`be grain. Advertising Rates Iwgal and nl her similar adverttr•uen ts, lib per line for Hest insertion and It• per line for each subw.inew Meer lien. Measured by a nonpan•il vale. twelve lice, to an inch. Fluidness cants of six lines and under. IS per year. Adv ort in.•nw•uls of Lost. Found, Strayed. Sit- uation. V,w•aut• Sit ,at wanted. Houses for Sale or to Rent. Varna. for Sale or to hent. Articles for Sale. rte., not exceeding eight linen, 2 c each insertion ; el for first mouth, • for each subsequent month. Largeradvertise- ments in proportion. Loral notlees iu nonpareil type So per line. No nothx leas than Xie. Announcements in ordinary reading type one cent per word. No notice Ie.w than. Any special not ice, the object of which is the pecuniary benefit of any individual or sasrs•I• anon. to Tn considered an advertisement and to he charged :wsrxdingly, Kates for display and control advertise; menus will be given on application. Address all coruion feat ions to YANA ITER & ROBERTSON, TIIV. SIGNAL, G:.uerich. 1 /u OODERICH. THURSDAY. APRIL lou WHY IT. I- RESENTED. The ground of lbs: neral condem- nation of the salary bill last session cannot be too often or o plainly stated. It is not, in the ' t place. unwillingness to pay the open acts of Parliament $2,5111 a year; it i. that the money is being filched from he people without a "by your leave" a in spite of the wont general protest with which any parliamentary pro- ceeding has 'wen received for umny years. Without discussion, without giving any opportunity to the tax- payers to say whether or not they liked it, the members sneaked the bill through Parliament in a manner that plainly showed they knew they were doing something that would not com- mend itself to their constituents.- Having onstituents.Having been elected on the under- standing that they were to receive $1,500 a year. they proceeded, in the very first year of their terns. to vote themselves an extra SWIM year, rountieg, pres bly, on the forget- fulness of the electors for their safety at the end of the five-year term. Hut the electors are not forgetting. and every member who persists in pocket- ing the extra thousand dollarashuuld bre made to feel that in doing so he is in- timating hie intention to refine from Parliament at the end of the present term. Whether 02,51111a y ear is or is not an oofParlliiament indemnitymember is altogether besidethe question at present. This is not the time to diecuss that question. What is to hr decided is whether the people govern this country or not : whether, once being elected. the members at Ottawas may do as they please with. out reference to the rights or the wishes of the people who elected them. When this question is settled it will be titne to talk about the amount which is member of Pat'lia. 'cent should receive. If hast sesiion's bill were repealed the matter could be discussed during the remainder of the present term and a bill fixing the in- demnity at a proper figure could be passed during the last session of the term, to conic' into force with the election of the next parliament. Then the members could not toe arcnsel of voting money into their own pxx•kets. The present members contracted to serve at $1,5110 a year, and they should have the decency to stick to the bar- gain. It is doubtful, however, if they will come down. They hare the tipper hand now ; the people will have to wait for their innings until a new election is ordered. it may he said. and it. must be ad- mitted, that it is degrading to the public life of this country to have a question of salary occupying so large a place in the public mind : but the blame for this must Ice placed where it belongs, on the inemberm of Parliament who have Need the question upon the country. The people would be poltriiyns who would not resent such an assault upon their rights. SPELLING REFORM. According tut writer in The New York World, spelling reform lies been proceeding right along, without the assistance of Mr. ('arnegie's wealth. Weir& are changing by natural proc- esses throughthe course of time, and not s) slowly as perhaps s • people imagine. This writer takes as an ex- ile an edition of Sir Ti out Moore's "Utopia," printed in 15511, of which three pages were examined a few years ng(o, 1111*' containing 347 wools, another 352, the thin) :kis. On the first page III words, on the second 1223 end on the third 132 words differed from their veiling of the present days "Here," says the writer, "is a change of a trifle more than :til per cent. in :Mill years. it cannot be that such a rate would satisfy our radical reform- ers. If they have their way, shall not the seroud generation cooling need Interpreters of .our English, even as today we need almost translations of Chaucer r AID TO THE BLIND. The London Free Pure is tillable to wee that an increased revenue may be raised by a lower rate of taxation and acrtises the Hon. Mr. Paterson of pre- varicating in stating such us peeped - tion. it quotes from the Statistical Year Hook to show that, per head, the amount of cuwt, taxes ;wild by THE STINAL: GODERICH ONTARIO the people of Canada was greater in ItMki than in IIMf. But this does not affect Mr. Paterson's contention. If a family that had been buying one loaf of bread daily at It cents should find a baker whose price was I cents a loaf, and after transferring their custom to this Dean should decide that, In con. sideration of their improved comb - tion, air 1a•canse they found the bread cheaper then simile either food they had toren using, or for any other rearm', Ihey- would buy two loaves a dray, at is cost of K tents, would they accuse the baker of Increasing the east of bread because they wetespend- ing on it S cents, instead of 0 cents, a day S Of uuurse not. Similarly the I) inion (lover •nt lowered the rate of curt taxation, I if the peoples have thereby lawn enabled to int verstheir purchases of Imports d goods, Irl I hat the, amount of customs duties collected is actually greater per capitol than it was under the former tariff, the (lover •nt r, t lie ac- cuser) of increasing the taxation. The Free fress is leaving altogether out of Amount the large amount% which consumers contributed under the old tariff, not to the public treas- ury, but to the protected manufactur- ers. It has been estimated that the is so lurid on protected articles over and above the price of there articles in a free market would be four or five Holies larger than the amount that would be paid to the cuRonls depau'tineut ; iu other that of the increased cost of goods under a pious -five tariff about f - fifths would go to the prote•te'el man- ufacturers and one-fifth to the public treasury-. Under the lower tariffat present in force a greater proportion finds its way into the coffers of the Dominion and furnishes an excuse for 'he Free Press to talk of higher taxa - a 'on. If the proportion were still fur er increesd by another reduc- tion o the tariff it would be a good thing t1 the country. in spite of The Free Ptes.' inability to see it. EDIT RIAL NOTES. Coal strikes nal to of little concern to us when the Maitt. ,d River pot.er plant is rulining. The careful ntiinageuien f the Pro- vincial finances under Litter govern- ment is appreciated more high when we see the present Provincial cut.. - surer selling Ontario bonds' at Ill r t Catch Ross or Harcourt running . bargain -day business like that! - A Detroit firm of tanners, they Hay.• h:is solved the problem of producing a white leather of first- lass quality. Not su nwch wonder, either, consider- ing the way white people have been getting %kiunel of late by insuranee pony presidents, stock -jobbers and other experts. The city of Stratford has just ef- fected a sale of debentures at a price equivalent to par at a small fraction ewer 3', per cent. interest. The Pro- vincial Treasurer is getting only 06 for the Province's 31 per cent. bonds. It looks like gross mismanagement on the part of the Provincial Treasurer. The best independent opinion in the Proiince ite opposed to the new coun- ty ro'ncil syeteu,. The Municipal World and The Toronto Weekly Sun are representative papers which have declared strongly against the change. When Mr. Whitney rays public opin- ion is united in implant of the new measure he is speaking without ref- erence to the facts, Hon. D. C. Fraser, who hats steppers from the Supreme Court bench of Nova Scotia to the Lieutenant -Gov- ernorship of that Province, will lie re- membered by many of our readers. His work on the stump for the late M. C. Cameron in the Lye -election of 1111M1 was one of the features of that stirring campaign, the result of which peer:wel the fall of the Conservative. Government at Ottawa. The Ontario Alliance convention at Toronto last week adopted resolutions in regard t, the new license bill and sent is deputation to trait upon the Government to present the views of the convention. The provision re- quiring a three -fifth' vote for the carrying of a lorial option bylaw was especially objected to, but the Premier ,and Hum. Mr. Menne made it plain !hat the Government Will not recede f its position in this neuter. The Dominion Government will fast I •Ii into Government (ownership of U'Iephtones, but will pine.' the railat ty c in control of telephone trate.. There would have been a Arcing public opinion behind the Gov- ernment overnment in taking the telepl ' hltsi- nes, into its own hands, but the step It has taken is a step in advance and sometimes slow progress is the serest. A few years will demonstrate the value to the public of the centred of rates by the railway ronHlission, and if it proves to be insufficient a moue direct method :of Government control call then be adopted. Lori Avelmry, who has been stuty- ing conditions in Canada, finds that by our protective policy we are foster- ing the towns at the expense*' of the agricultural districts. This is borne rent by the cenacs Owens., which show that in Ihe ter, years ISM to 11111 the rural popnlation of Ontario actually decreased, while the urban population increased. Lord "Avebnry remarks that Canada "need.. railway/. to de- velop her magnificent agricultural dlis- trict). in the \Vest., and she artificially enhancer the price's of rails. When I thick over these. things I sometimes doubt whether open have reason after all !" The 'Toronto Globe published a statement handed out by the Depart - inept of Agriculture met Ottawa which in effect stated that a certain Eastern Ontario apple -packer had Iswu guilty of fraudulent practices. The apple- paeker took action against The Globe for libel, and in his charge to the jury the trial judge tangle It plain that the publication of an official 1)epart- meut l !statement is not privileged- - iu other words, a newspaper publishes such a statement on its own responsi- bility and at its own risk. However, the evidence oras such as to satisfy the jury that there had been no libel, and the verdict' was for The Olobe. The result will have a salutary effect, and The Globs- is to be congratulated upon having served the public interests in connection with the matter. A change in the law giving newspapers protection in the publication of official statements should lie another result of the incident. Surely is news- paper should is• under no risk in pub- lishing a atitculent given out by a state official. In Times Like These. Gad give in. wen' .5 lime like this demands Strong winds, great heart.. true faith and ready hands: ' Men whom the hest of (Akio dots aim kill : \lerl whom the spoils of Mike canard buy : \len who p.nsoa. opinion. and a Will: Men who blare honor; Dieu wt.o will not lie: Men who can stand While a deu.agogalt• And datum his I ratchetvus Slattern s without winking ; Tall men, sus 1.1.00'110d. air, lieu' aln,ve the fog In public duty dud in t elnet . I hinkhig. For ...Mk the nibble sith their th b-wuru creel., Their large profa..•iw1 :u%1 their Iii ale deed.- Mingle in srin.Ii strife, lo baetdom seeps. J. lis Holland. FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES. A Result of High Protection. - serincncld 6 eelidi.mu. i•:x-Uuugressru:ul itrdwrt Maker, of Brooklyn. gives a highly interesting example of how the toll is ,umade Liu work in connect' with roulbinnttuus of protected prslncers. He tells of it tustrin New York city whit SS doing a large business in selling Auu•riran- made watches in the- Aeuerieau market at much lower prices than the makers offer thein. it is a simple matter. Following a general practice among the. toritf-prote•ttd c bine- tinny. Awl'ricul watch uulnufactnr- ers are keeping prices at hoops up to the tariff Iimit, and seIling alined at whatever they can get. for the prod- uct which cannot be sold here. Their foreign prices are said to le. from twenty-five to fifty per cent! below what are chat -get buyer' of watches under the iwnefirient shelter of the tariff, and this New York dealer is, able to maintain ,agents abroad to buy Ip American 'watches sold then', I •inc theta back here• and then offer tit 0. at. a profit to himself. at. ldwer price than the manufacturers will make or this market. The same trick co d Ix• worked to the disc - fitne, of newt other protected c - binations re their product as val- uable in p sortion to weight and bulkiness as is . at of the watch man- ufacturer,. Thi: is protection for the benefit of foreign. IN not 'Americans. Canada Today and T . ty Years Hence. Toronto Week' It is expected that • ,11111 immi- grants from Great Britain Will settle in Ontario this year. Aloft n equal number of Ontario people will • -e to the Northwest in the same new. The volume of the own I ur- rent-s is likely to increase rather th, u decrease. It is quite within the no ng of possibilities that in the next six or ileyrn years We' duty lore half a nlilliun of our own people to the Northwest and receive an equal Iter from the Old Lend. Such great changes be as Province with a populstion of a little over 2,1551,1151 unlet positive impserti nt industrial and social effects. We are hating not Duly the young and pro- gmeelve, but those of • own habits and (netolns ; we are getting y ; ns well as old from nhread, but these, whether young or 11111. all. not ns pt.o- gu'essia•e its are the MPH anti w •n we are losing. and their view. of life differ it. many respect.: from those held here. AS a result of all this On. taro of ten years hence will differ very muterinlly from the Ontario of today. Those of • people who go to the Northwest will ,Herm he change" : they will find themselves developing in the boundless Wert a new p,iht of view. and will be greatly innocence] by surroundings formed by strangers from the United States, (lava:. Britain, lend the four corners of Europe. It tone could do the Hip \'an Winkle art he would not know the Canada in which he would awake twenty years hence. CURRENT LITERATURE. AN EAI.TKIt NUMBER.—Tile East- er Canadian Magazine, with its ex- cellent colored cover and its attractive colored printing, is one of the hest be- etles of thio pallilicetion.. Canadian perialir,als generally are showing con- siderable inlproventent, as might nat- urally he expected with the growth of the country and the development of our national life. Such a number its this could not have been produced in this country teen years nun. The reties of color prints illustrating the life of •'Tem' Nine of NH VII Pill," from paintings by famous ;taints of this and other days, make,. an attractive fentme, as tlex'e the article on the ar- tistic,_work of F. A. ('hallemir, as pnnn- icing young Comedian. The historical and analytic article on the Grand Trunk Pacific is important, and is rendered attractive by the literal lure of photographs of scene.. along the ptopoeed line and portraits of the directors. 0, M. L. At+own writes of Venezuela with special reference to the Orinoco, which he terns "A Wasted Waterway." E. C. Ih•ur•y'e presentation of the fawners' view of the tariff controversy is worthy of a careful etude. The st,t'i.•. are by W. A. Fraser, 'Herman Whitaker, Mar- jorie Jarvis, Muriel Merrill ,and Mrs. Complicit Pred. All are Canadian writer.. with the exeepption of Mrs. Prase, who is an Australian. 'Pitt' de- partments are varied and well Illus- trated. Woman With Weakness. Few all weakness torn which girls Mill woolen wafer•, no surer remedy exists than Dr. Hnmtlton'es fills. They maintain that brewing health every woman ito earnestly denims they a ytnot disease, and bring strength that. lasts till old eke. "No medicine could * more bemefi• ring than Dr. hleteilt►rfs Pills-,' writes Mrs. Mary E. Ayrt.m, of Victoria. "i have hewn strengthened, my digestion he hotter, i have improved in color and feel better since using Ir. Hamilton's Pills," Sold everywhere. 'LM'. per box or five loxes for one dollar, OUR OTTAWA LETTER. 'Happenings of a Week With the Leg- islators at the Capital. Telephone Legislation Promises Relief from Monopoly Premier Offers Free Home- steads to Fenian Raid Veterans If Thep Well Bottle on Them Lands of the Meet Are Rapidly Being Taken Up -TM Yukon Council Hires a Man to Make Rain. INparlul eonvimundeuce of The Signal.) Ottawa, Ap rip_'. The prourired legis- lation affecting telephone's bur been brought down and it Would appear to go is long way towards Teruel }•iug the evils c plaited of, Hem. MI'. Em 1pereem 111 introducing the lllt•as- ul'e• declared that it was the purpose of the liovernunent to place the con- trol and regulating of rates and gen- eral busrllese tinder the railway 1.,1r1- ulina' as • plelr•ly is railway netters were under control of that body. If it doe's so the days of ntn- nopd are nu IIsod on d the far..•r should lie able to obtain, the desires ri rove ilellce he plias long mmght its cheaply as the city wan, and er ery- Isely', in city or country, utay hope for better terms. Guyer unaent control of public utilities is growing in favor every day. ,The control of the national water- ways evils discussed ill the House. last week and the Government showed it- self alive to the vital importance of preserving this great asset to the p eoph• and not. allowing it to get into private and ape'ulative hands. The questi was introduced by Mr. Monk. the Opptsit' Leder front Queerer, but Speakers on both sides endorse) his ('On t•Iltions Hued none was more emphatic than the Premier himself. The Fenian Raid Veterans. A minor incident occurred the evening which Merits paasir( refer - cues'. For the seemed time thetas -mini' an Deposition 111teh ,1,er airgqel the House to declare itself in favor `ut grunting some further coulpenaatiun, to our volunteer militia voterans of the Fenian Raid' expeditions of Pelyt' and 1570, The Minister of Militia and the Premier both expressed warmest •tppr'cialion of ulna these brave fel- hews did in defence of the country, but again pointed out that not only haul every cunside'ratiou been shown them and eimlps•nsatiun granted but. the vetefans themselves had declared they were well satisfied- Sir Wilfrid went further, though, even than this— lie declared' that the Government was prepared to grant these men free homesteads in the West. providing they would settle on the land. ' What. better pioneers could Canada want tip in that new country? The trouble is, ;la ha+ appe.(tell in New Ontario, veterans sell their scrip to speculators and derive no permanent I'enetlt and the country sntfers while the men gain little or nothing. The House agaiq divided, with a result similar to that of last week—a straight perty vote. Mt•. Verville, the new labor member from Maisonneuve, went into the Bot—eminent lobby. Settling the West. The ,annual blue look of the ih•part- ment of the interior came down last week and is full of int.ereating and significant information. Much of the matter having to do with ' 'grtion has been already published, but it is worth noting the figures In tefet'ence to the way the land is being taken up. The patolits branch reports :11,1110 I 'stead entries made coveting 4,- Ikt1,9111 acres and representing 77,550 new settle' -s. This in a recurs whi,:h leas been only once exceeded. namely. iu IIMci. The average Ix•r of en- tries in the past five years has been 24=1, while the average for the pre- vious twenty.six yells, sine; '71, when he first entry war made, was but 3, - 'he railway companies. and thi• m Hay ('o., too, have heel' busy. '. 1'e If. sell II 1,151 acres, I lie n Northern L11,707 scuts, olhrr ra' ways 317,14.0 mess bund plus Iladwm 1.. v Cu. 130,721, or a total of OlettVkrtoere. (hese realized 572, or some ' ig over $.i pet- acre. Ail intere•stin "feature of the report, is a brief petrel The . Canes t of the history of the \Vest and as list f governorx, min- isters. surveynreegeu al nod so forth who have had to do c i r the develop- ment of that valet con ry : this is apropos • to the inaugura a n of the two new Provinces last fall. Heckling the Minister. Anyone dropping into the nose last Tuesday evening wovW have n- ngined that the Oovernutent was e deavoring to put through it cold Area land that the alert Opposition had caught then' at it and were prepared to fall Brad rather than allcnt• the cosnt.ry to le robbed. Hon. Sidney Fisher was asking for $iM,IMMrto fix np the Canadian exhibit in the Colonial institute in old Loudon. The Opposi- tion wens filled with curiosity to know all pu•ticulahi. They gue'rt.inned and c -i ass-ques'.ionel the Minister ; they ,laked for do-umentat•y proof of hie statements; they criticised his pro- posal ; they grit him explaining awl describing until the poor mol didn't k where he Was at, and then after four hours of pure and unblushing olmtruction they let the item go through without, a now .--t hey simply wanted et little fun and they took it out of the Minister. The Yukon Rain -maker. Another half-hour of serio-comic by-- play was obtained on Monday when Mr. Foster enquired of the, Govern- ment if their attention had been called to the contract which the Yukon l'ouncil haul Houle with one Hatfield, a Californian who undertook to supply rain for the miner all through the r -Doling tunneled.. To me- cum this hcenrl the reined ogres to pay Mr. Fakir $,(511 and leading mining ce111panier will pay another $.1,000. If he fails to produce the goodie he only gets his expenses, alottt $2,000 probably --- heads i win, tails you lose. Sir Wilfrid nu%ut•el the Iloure he had no knowledge of the affair and explained that the Federal Government had no control over the Yukon expenditure anyway. Those fellows must Is' easy. The Opposition want to cement! the Government for dilatoriness in set- tling op the railway grants', bet.'as it has been shown that tante was done in this matter in the four years folinwing 11411 Ginn hail ie'en done in twenty years previous, and that the lands had been *elected ahead of sur- vey even, end were being patented as fast as plans, co11111 be prepared, it is not likely the movement will gain h *import. Tired of Maclean. W. F. Mac•leen's 1 -cent -a -mile rail- way fare proposal is up again, lint gains little *Deport eve•tl acueing hie own friends, who told him to go to the railway commission firer. Me- thinks the Hausa is a little tired of the loquacious Hilly of Mouth York. Send The Signal to your absent friends. They will appreciate it. THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. I The Hest divisiop in the Legislature this speedos took place on the county councils bill. The vote was 18 to 5H, giving the Goveruulent a majority tut ,1H, The (Ip ss'ition members spoke strongly against the nettled reversion W the old system of county councils in vogue prior to 11111, and pointed out especially the inereasel oxpseuse that will be liuclll'r'ed by the larger councils and the inequality of repreeentatioe ler the new act, and se'dat'ed that public sentiment, especially g those who weed .most c pseterlt to judge the comparatii'e results of the two systems, Watt in favor of the present system moil opposed to the old system which is to he brought hack in large measure by this bill. .Mr. \Vhitnnv, however, claimed that there was vrt•v little uppswition he the bill, and his followers backed him up, The stltpngth of the parties ill the lionwe is not to be ineasnl'ecl by the figures of this division. Though small iu uuulhers, the Opposition line shown a decidedly aggressive spirit, and in de- bating. and criticizing it shows it strength and iclertnews that angina( well fur the future. 'rhe Opposition will grow. Mr. Hislop Stirs Up the Premier. Mr. Hislop, the member for vast Huron, in his spx•eet& on the bodge disturbed the Pteu ier by refen•ing to the forule•t• uppslsiIiou of members of the present liovcrmuent to the crea- tion of a Separate department of agri- culture. Mr. Whither, who is easily nettled, declaimed that !ill'. Hislop knew this to he untrue. Mr. Hilltop went on, hcwevem, tot prove his contention In' reaming from the join node of the House and faun reports in The Mail and Empire, whereupon the Prenmie•r, with his usual 0isrt•gaud of Parlia- mentary decor , exclaiu,el that ale Hislop was delilwrat•ly attempting to deceive the Mune. Mr. Moss re- proved the Pi -tattier fm• his uuppo..u•lia- mentary language. and Mr. IIislup went ten to drive home his charge which 115(1 po ruffled Mit Whitney temper. ' Conti nuing. Mr. Hislop argued in livor cot simplifying Our municipal haw amt subje 'tiltg it to els few changes ass phesible. lie also urged that a ruens- ut'e a(,f law reform which had Is•eu IIrtaulo d. Lot not yet brought down. was etau4gltial. The eel ' ' tragion of the lieeitse law and the• right pte- served by t Gower 'at in tine Dew license 1,111 0 os'erride the licerieW COI rouraiseioneri in some Catlett werecriticized, as wa also Ihi• delay dis playedin theltriug down oftherail- way taxation umusu NO much talked of. Mr. Hislop abut criticized the nutation by Hun. Mr. Ma teem of the Provincial land issue at cban un- favorable figure. Cot Matheson Hits Back, C'oh. Matheson's inefficient pian e- Mentsuf this Provincial loan hap I shown up very effectively IW the Op- position, ;old having no defence to make the 7'reasuter tried acounter-at. tick and chni•ge'd Mr. Hammett, the former Treasurer, with having tie) the Province to a certain firm of Lon- don brokers in the negotiation cif the Iran, This, in any event, was no PX - cure for Col. Slatlu•sem for am a mat- ter of tact he did not employ this firm in floalinpt the lean, but had it' nego- tiated by the Batik of Montreal. Mr. Harcourt, further , denied that he had in any way compromised the in- ter•ckats of the ['involve: the agree- ment with Coates A Co.. the London brokers, mita ea prudent provision for the advantage of the h'rovinee and should not have preeludel the Hooting of the loads at par. 'l'he salient fea- ture of this loam affair is that the ponds of the wealthiest Prnvince of the ikouinion, standing in the most favorable financial position, have been sold at a price netting only fel cents in the dollar. It certainly dots no coedit to Cul. Slathesun's uhili!it•s ars a financier. \\'ith a number of important. public measntesr yet to be disposed of. it be- gins to look like a rather lengthy •ser- sirnt, and the date of prorogation is plated not neater than six reeks off. The pessimist never Lopes for the hest, vest growls if he doesn't get it. — New York Times. OMNI GODERICH 1 ELEGRAPHY SCHOOL I Inc -nn It fee learns I. -l.- r:uphy , rnil- way', Peen's, telegraph and ticket ;a minting. The new and rumple[(' 1 -stem whlrli I t.vu•h RRices is lhnntag1th knowledge In bookkeeping. Leptis+ reech e p'l and more s'r mouth. A. E. MATHESON, Principal. WTI( K G. W. Ttimllsnn fi !em's Musts Store. on the `aquae. New Dress Goods FOR SPRING The choice is varied and mmense in the newest semi -light -weight fabrics, beautiful,very pure wools and in a range of the very newest shades' which will appeal to our women of taste more than ever before. Fashionable Grey Suiting, Every shade and weave, w•ur- steals, taffeta suitillgs, chiffon broadcloths, partition soiling., fine tweeds. at Per yaf'el, $i .25 50, 75, $1111 and Tan Covert Coats Short fitted backs and loose barks, tailor rt rapped it'd Ili] i - lined, very handsome, $�,50 new and very epe'ial INSPECTION ICi4 Gloves 1)iteet iule,broioti ail' kill 51-,5(5 f Ftopu., brown*, tans, glvys whiles, blacks, 9 donee hastened, and new harks, at b0, 75, 25 111.111 $, Fjench Muslin D1eas urgundies in ptttq•us-and effects which ate pronuunce,d a exquiaitidy laautItul prlluetiolis, Rural l spray patterns. very $6new, and excluaire-"let 1: 35c INVITED W. ACHESON & SON SPRING MILLINERY As usual I have a full stock of til© mgat popular shapes and trinmungs for ladies' huadwear for the .coining season, S The latest fancies and shades Trimmed and untrimmed hats MISS CAMERON Ilaulilton street, (ioder peel.' We Will Suit You in Roth FORM AND PR/CE "I'he Celebrated Plastic Form We make a st)scialty of nude -to -order st:i;s. The latest spnng sult- in s now in. Fit and Estyle all that can be desired. I ue d. Paces right. ht. Nothing nobbitr, nothing better than this famous brand of ready-made clothing. Prices perom 1 l/ll suit range $1000 to $ ♦ 1 6.50 fr Fine Tailoring. EveryIkin in Men's Smart Wear. REG: BLACK -- Custom Tailor, The Square, Goderich,;, '5 r SP ' G TERM Optus us April 2nd CENTR tITRATrORD, nN Why .11 -nail you content vino - f In the ordinary wall,. of Ilfe wlum yon ,!. bolter your...mention by taking a course this school! We give, us '.borough. p rnl education and ,assist nor ,rnndnates In ' I position-'. t 'mgmence a, nor, oar -'e now. Write for part impar.. ELLIOTT & McLACHLAN, I'rinclle,ls Spring Term opens APRIL 2nd ZLLIOTT TORONTO. ONT. t,1 iv lie (ore Ihe nubln I •1 re • , r d for wort Ione , I ,: a I. It has .nr st..ea • 11 r„o• I. I n attend mer. I k I LI t t .' • I'? peslt inn. and do n; r • •I w,•:. 5,,, • 11n•2 and he•n•at-„ '• ••, 1r11,1•I: imiln the fo ill. :•t, tout sI.i1' )' :fir, ur ircul,. 'i , f•lu. . W. J. ELLIOTT. Principal. I'or. Ynngc awl A I".soder Start for a Good Salary shitei @go Ry taking Our of nor Hone SI tidy (bene.. It roils hut it trifle, and only rrgqnen+your spare time. write today for part lc utas ('ornsepmdrner lIep1 Central ftn.lnre ( (dingo. Toronln. W. H. SHAW, Principal. It's a Hard Job gimes to sell anything else but, a 211th Century Suit t) a person. His friend or neighbor lied one last year and he bow to get one this year. What's the rearm i' Why, it's just IM•canlse there is a design, style anti general get-up to 20th Ceti Lary clothing that ran Ise equalled only by mane of the hash rust tailor's, excepting in price. Makers of 20th Centt!ry Brand Clothing airs III. making only the best clothing, and they have succeeded to itirh-a degree. that their clothing is in demand by the ient dressers all over this country. (let in line with the beat. Prices $12.00 to $ 20.00 1 he KING and BORSALINO HATS awls 'lade for people who wear good hats. Walter C. Pridham CLOTHIER FURNISHER HATTER - _'